President Barack Obama has been a big advocate for closing the pay gap ― the first piece of legislation he signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which strengthened equal pay laws.
The bill aims to close loopholes in and strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
This law would strengthen the Equal Pay Act, which has not been updated since 1963.
Senate Republicans on Monday blocked for the fourth time a bill that would strengthen federal equal pay laws for women.
The latest round in this debate concerns the Paycheck Fairness Act, which aims to strengthen the Equal Pay Act originally signed by President Kennedy.
In my job, I work for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act - a bill that would update and strengthen the Equal Pay Act.
It would strengthen the Equal Pay Act, prohibit employers from retaliating against employees who discuss salary information with their co-workers, help women fight discrimination, and establish stronger workplace protections for women.
Congress can pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would strengthen current equal pay laws by allowing workers to discuss their wages without retribution, providing greater incentives to close the pay gap, and toughening the penalties for wage discrimination.
They will push to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and close some of the loopholes employers use to pay women less than men for the same work, along with bills to raise the minimum wage, expand affordable child care and mandate paid sick and family leave.
"This afternoon, Senate Republicans refused to allow an up-or-down vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act, a commonsense piece of legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act and give women more tools to fight pay discrimination," Obama said in a statement.
