Congress votes to overturn Supreme Court ruling on wage discrimination
The US House of Representatives today voted along party lines to overturn a May ruling by the Supreme Court that wage discrimination cases must be brought within 180 days after the discrimination begins.
House Bill 2831 puts back into place the law that each paycheck is a separate act of discrimination. The vote results were 225-199.
Here is the roll call vote: Click
My Representative, a Ms. Pryce, voted to place an unreasonable burden on employees to prove wage discrimination within six months after it starts. Perhaps Ms. Pryce is unaware that people keep their compensation a secret from their co-workers, so DISCOVERING that you are being under-paid can take quite a while.
President Bush says he will veto the bill: Click
Sorry, Mr. Bush, but the Supremes were "legislating from the bench". The Congress simply put back in place the original law.
Oh, THAT'S right ... these lawsuits (brought primarily by women) may cut into (primarily male) CEO's compensation. Therefore, long-established laws must be overturned by the courts.
House Bill 2831 puts back into place the law that each paycheck is a separate act of discrimination. The vote results were 225-199.
Here is the roll call vote: Click
My Representative, a Ms. Pryce, voted to place an unreasonable burden on employees to prove wage discrimination within six months after it starts. Perhaps Ms. Pryce is unaware that people keep their compensation a secret from their co-workers, so DISCOVERING that you are being under-paid can take quite a while.
President Bush says he will veto the bill: Click
Sorry, Mr. Bush, but the Supremes were "legislating from the bench". The Congress simply put back in place the original law.
Oh, THAT'S right ... these lawsuits (brought primarily by women) may cut into (primarily male) CEO's compensation. Therefore, long-established laws must be overturned by the courts.
posted by batguano at 3:39 PM
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