PRINTER'S NO. 1673
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
322
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TEPLITZ, WILLIAMS, SABATINA, GREENLEAF, DINNIMAN,
HAYWOOD, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, SCHWANK, HUGHES, FARNESE, COSTA,
RESCHENTHALER, BREWSTER AND BROWNE, APRIL 5, 2016
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 5, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing April 12, 2016, as "Equal Pay Day" in Pennsylvania
in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in
earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay
for all.
WHEREAS, More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal
Pay Act, women, especially minority women, continue to suffer
the consequences of unequal pay; and
WHEREAS, According to a report by the National Partnership
for Women & Families, women in Pennsylvania earned a median of
$0.79 for each dollar earned by men as of September 2015; and
WHEREAS, As reported by the United States Census Bureau,
women working full time, year round in 2013 typically earned 78%
of what men earned, indicating little change or progress in pay
equity; and
WHEREAS, According to "Graduating to a Pay Gap," a 2012
research report by the American Association of University Women,
the gender pay gap is evident one year after college graduation,
even after controlling factors known to affect earnings,
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