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In September, three women brought a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all female Google employees, accusing the company of "segregating" women into lower-paying jobs and of paying them less than their male counterparts for "substantially similar work".
It requires equal pay for "substantially similar" work, potentially across different facilities of an employer.
The legislation goes a step further than existing fair pay regulations by establishing the standard of equal pay for "substantially similar work" rather than "equal work".
California's new law, signed by Jerry Brown, requires equal pay for "substantially similar work" and also prohibits retaliation against workers who discuss their wages.
California amended its decades-old pay laws in 2015 to require equal pay for "substantially similar" work, prevent use of the ill-defined "factors other than sex" justification for pay differentials, and prohibit retaliation for disclosing pay to coworkers.
Geoff DeBoskey, another labor lawyer, agreed, saying it was significant to change from requiring equal pay for equal work to mandating equal pay for substantially similar work, and that would drive some businesses out of California.
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The Fair Pay Act changes the rules surrounding equal pay from a standard of "equal work" to one of "substantially similar" work, closing what legislators described as a loophole that made it difficult for women to prove pay discrimination.
The law provides that women in the state should receive equal pay for doing "substantially similar work" as their male counterparts, and have the right to compare salaries with co-workers without fear of retaliation from employers.
Women are particularly affected by the law's requirement for a "substantially similar" match of a person's voter ID name to his or her name on voter registration rolls, due to frequent name changes through marriage.
She noted that her organization and Senator Jackson don't see eye to eye on too many things, but they "agree with Senator Jackson that employees who are similarly situated should receive the same rate of pay for performing substantially similar job duties".
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