PRINTER'S NO. 1037
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
174
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WATSON, O'NEILL, READSHAW, WARD, TOEPEL, BOBACK,
V. BROWN, BULLOCK, DEAN, DELOZIER, DRISCOLL, FITZGERALD,
GOODMAN, HELM, JAMES, McNEILL, MURT, NEILSON, PASHINSKI,
M. QUINN, RAPP, SOLOMON AND TOOHIL, MARCH 21, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MARCH 21, 2017
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the
issue of workplace pay disparity, to reexamine existing
Federal and State laws relating to that issue and to make
recommendations to the General Assembly.
WHEREAS, Women work for pay in greater numbers, in more
occupations and for more years of their lives than ever before;
and
WHEREAS, The year 2017 marks the 58th anniversary of the act
of December 17, 1959 (P.L.1913, No.694), known as the Equal Pay
Law, a law which is as relevant today as on the day the law was
signed; and
WHEREAS, The Equal Pay Law, along with the act of October 27,
1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human
Relations Act, the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (Public Law 88-38, 77
Stat. 56) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public
Law 88-352, 78 Stat. 241), provides a critical foundation for
women seeking greater opportunities in the workplace and
compensation without wage discrimination; and
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