Yesterday evening, the Senate passed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 by a vote of 61 to 36. President Obama has already indicated that he will sign the bill into law, so there are no real remaining hurdles for this legislation.
For details and information on the Act and how it will affect HR professionals, see these very informative posts -
As we discussed in person. The Perpetual Paperwork Act. Guess we have to wait for the attorneys to digest it and tell us HR types what we need to do. I have asked Michael Moore to do a post on it. Hope he does.
Posted by: Michael Haberman, SPHR | January 23, 2009 at 01:15 PM
Ann,
On WorldatWork blog, Cara Welch said there still might be a chance that Congress could sneak the Paycheck Fairness Act into the bill that lands on President Obama's desk without anyone knowing it. Lets hope that our "transparency" advocates argue for a full vetting of that sibling legislation to Ledbetter.
Paul Weatherhead
Posted by: Paul Weatherhead | January 26, 2009 at 02:19 PM
Mike:
Appears that Michael and others are working to address this.
Paul:
I was out of town most of the day and so caught Cara's post late. That does seem like a bit of a stealth act in our new era of transparency and accountability. Like you, I guess I'll my fingers crossed that the bill will have its vetting in the full light of day.
Thanks, both of you, for the comments here.
Posted by: Ann Bares | January 26, 2009 at 06:45 PM
The President signed the bill today (without the Paycheck Fairness Act).
Posted by: Dan Schwartz | January 29, 2009 at 01:38 PM
Thanks for the update, Dan. Really enjoying your blog!
Posted by: Ann Bares | January 29, 2009 at 02:08 PM