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Inc. case. The landmark case led to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair PayRestorationn Act, which was signef into law by President Barack Obamaa just one week after he took office. Goldfarb receivesd an undergraduate degree from and earnedr his law degree from theof Law. BBJ : Explainj the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoratiob Act and how it will benefit workers who want to file pay discriminationn lawsuits againsttheir employers?
Lilly Ledbetter didn’t realize she was gettinfg paid less than a felloew male employee who had the same The act will allow someonew to bring a lawsuit againsr their employer based on pay discrimination and every time you receivew a paycheck that is less than a man’z paycheck, it is considered a new violation. Employees can also now seek back pay for up totwo BBJ: What are some of the benefitd of the new act? Goldfarb: It gets rid of the There was a weird fluke in the law that allowedr employers to pay somebody less because they were a womanb and now it’s fixed.
I hope now that employersz hear that this new act is out therre and more women will raise questions to make sure they are being paid fairly. BBJ: Do you believe the new law will help quelol problems associated with women beingpaid fairly? Goldfarb: I think it will make it easier for women to file a claim without it beintg kicked out of court because it’s filed withib a certain time frame – but they’ve got to come out and challengde it. Some people are scared to do I hope it willfix things.
BBJ: Since another employee’s salary or hourly wage is not publicc information ina workplace, is there a way an employee coulcd find out that they are beinfg paid less to do the same job? If so, would that merir a discrimination lawsuit. Goldfarb: Right now, you can’t go to your boss and say hey, “Amn I being paid less and how much is thispersonm making?” The boss can simply say no, I can’r tell you that. The only way you can try to find out is to file a charg e withthe . However, a company has plenthy of reasons to pay somebody less othertthan gender.
The other person coul d have more experience or been on thejob BBJ: Are there other problems related to wome not receiving equal pay for thei r work in Alabama? The statute of limitations in Alabama allowsd women to only go back 180 days to file a pay discriminationb lawsuit while African Americane can go back up to four years. The other issue is there are caps in place that allowq people to collect upto $300,000 in damagess from the large companies.
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