ALERT: The “Paycheck Fairness” ACT…. OMG..read this please…
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ALERT:
The “Paycheck “Fairness” Act bill has already passed the House. Supporters are trying to shore up votes in an effort to bypass the Senate Committee process and bring it straight to the Senate floor. The next few weeks are critical to ensuring they do not rush the bill through. If enacted, this bill would give the federal government and the courts unprecedented power to second guess routine pay-setting decisions that employers make every day. Don’t let Senate leadership ram this bill through. Tell your Senators to oppose the so-called “Paycheck Fairness Act” NOW.
Why the Paycheck Fairness Act Is Dangerous:
Under current law, employers have wide latitude to establish compensation systems that make sense for their business as long as they don’t violate anti-discrimination laws. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 182) would significantly expand the reach of the pay equity laws and make it much more difficult for employers to justify legitimate pay differences. For example, it would no longer be permissible to pay employees differently based on market forces, negotiating ability, or even the amount of revenue they generate for the employer’s bottom line unless the employer could prove it was a “business necessity.”
This misguided bill would also make it easier to file large class action lawsuits and expand remedies under the Equal Pay Act to include unlimited punitive and compensatory damages. Proponents support the bill based on the “pay gap”—which assumes that any gap in pay must be due to unlawful discrimination. This assumption is being used to justify radical rewrites of pay equity laws and put expansive regulation in place. The only parties that benefit from this are the trial lawyers.
Frivolous litigation undermines our civil rights laws. Even the government agency charged with enforcing most discrimination laws finds merit in only 5 to 6 percent of claims brought.
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Paycheck Fairness Act: Take Action:
- Tell your Senators to oppose the bill
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This bill also disallows employees who work really hard and deserve raises to get that raise. All employees doing the same job must get the same pay. So if you’ve been working for a company for 10 years and are paid for your loyalty and experience, the new guy coming in gets your rate of pay!!!
This is outrageous!!! Democrats thrive on lowering any incentive to work, much less work hard – yet they DEMAND benefits galore!!!! Sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my gosh. The govt is one of the WORST offenders in unequal pay that exists. But I suppose they will exempt themselves from this.
AZ Senators – McCain and Kyl, PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS…
@RobinDallasTX: You’re right; and if this passes, we will wind up with another work-related boondoggle like health care. People used to buy all their own health care and insurance, and it was generally affordable. Until the government imposed salary caps in WWII times. As a result, companies found other ways to compensate their employees – and turned to health care. Thus was born the health-insurace-tied-to-employment mess we now have.
This will only bring more of the same in some other area.