Last week, a United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued one of the few decisions thus far to analyze the reach of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. In Rowland v. CertainTeed Corp., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43706, Judge Schiller held that the Ledbetter Act’s extension of the statutory time period for claiming pay discrimination does not apply to a failure-to-promote case. In so holding, Judge Schiller reasoned that Congress limited the Ledbetter Act to claims of “discrimination in compensation.”
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Obama Signs First Bill Into Law: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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On January 29, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act was the first bill signed into law by President Obama. As discussed in prior blog entries, the new law gives a employee or former employee the right to file a charge of discrimination within 180 days (or 300 days in some states, including Ohio) of their most recent paycheck.
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House to Vote on “Ledbetter” and “Paycheck Fairness” Acts
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Today the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on and pass two controversial bills affecting employers. Both bills have the strong support of Democrats in Congress and the incoming Obama administration.
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