Posted on Mar 9, 2019
#MeToo Awareness Sharpens Focus On Pay Equity
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U.S. women would have to work an extra 47 days each year to earn as much as men do, says Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
"Because U.S. women earn 82 percent of what men earn," she told NPR's Steve Inskeep.
There's a lot happening on the pay equity front.
Just this week, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate rules requiring large employers to submit data to the U.S. government about what they pay their workers, broken down by gender and race.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, D.C., said the administration violated the law when it scrapped Obama-era rules before they took effect.
Her ruling was hailed as a victory by worker advocates, who say the reporting requirements will make pay more transparent and encourage employers to compensate their workers equitably.
Businesses, meanwhile, are scrambling to figure out whether the administration will appeal the ruling or whether they will have to file this information by the end of May.
"Because U.S. women earn 82 percent of what men earn," she told NPR's Steve Inskeep.
There's a lot happening on the pay equity front.
Just this week, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate rules requiring large employers to submit data to the U.S. government about what they pay their workers, broken down by gender and race.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, D.C., said the administration violated the law when it scrapped Obama-era rules before they took effect.
Her ruling was hailed as a victory by worker advocates, who say the reporting requirements will make pay more transparent and encourage employers to compensate their workers equitably.
Businesses, meanwhile, are scrambling to figure out whether the administration will appeal the ruling or whether they will have to file this information by the end of May.
#MeToo Awareness Sharpens Focus On Pay Equity
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How do you violate the law by revoking rules established by an executive agency?
That doesn't make sense.
I know there is a process to review and revoke regulations, but is the judge's ruling that the Trump administration violated the process or "the law"?
At any rate, I dont see the harm from having businesses report this, aside from administrative burden. Nor do I see why it is the federal government's business what Acme pays its workers by race and gender.
Sounds like government collecting information for the purposes of facilitating lawsuits.
There is a process for that; it involves getting a warrant.
That doesn't make sense.
I know there is a process to review and revoke regulations, but is the judge's ruling that the Trump administration violated the process or "the law"?
At any rate, I dont see the harm from having businesses report this, aside from administrative burden. Nor do I see why it is the federal government's business what Acme pays its workers by race and gender.
Sounds like government collecting information for the purposes of facilitating lawsuits.
There is a process for that; it involves getting a warrant.
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