Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

far as 1792 when Mary Wollstonecraft published her Vindication of the Rights of Women. In 1848, the first women’s rights convention was held and following this in 1929, Virginia Woolf published A Room of One’s Own. Following this the Women’s Equal Pay Act, which advocated…

Fueled by legislation such as the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, and most recently, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, many workplaces have developed formal hiring and promotion policies that limit the discretion that often leads to discrimination (Dencker 2008; Diprete and Soule 1988). With 70% of all small…

eating disorders, diabetes, asthma, and if the abuse is severe enough, even death (Tremer). Although there are already certain programs and laws that exist to help women who have experienced domestic and sexual abuse such as the Violence Against Women Act, women’s rights activists work to change traditional gender roles, educate women on how to prevent or cope with abuse, and provide support groups for individuals and families that have been victimized by abuse (Zimmerman, et al.…

the home, unable to own property, obtain legal representation, control their rate of reproduction, or receive equal pay and wages. Even if women still aren’t on equal footing with men, they have made great societal progress through action and activism. The first half of this activism focused on the legal status of women as seen in the construction of the Married Women’s Property Acts in the early 19th century, the election of Jeannette Rankin to Congress in 1916, the passing of the 19th…

experience, and prior salary. Lola noticed that she was getting paid almost $200 less a month than her male colleagues. Lola had her case brought to her district court, “arguing that reliance on discrimination on their prior salary resulted in unequal pay and constituted unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex.” The…

are treated same as men. When it comes to equal pay in recent years 2014 to be exact, President Obama signed a law to re-enforce the equal pay between women and men. According to the white house press release’s website, women are typically paid $.79 for every $1 men are being paid. Although the Equal Employment act was signed back in 1964 to make that discrimination based on sex or gender illegal, equal pay unfortunately was still nowhere near as fair. Women work just as hard as men if not more.…

The gender wage gap has been a trending controversy over the past years. Women have been striving for equality that can be traced all the way back to 1776 and although the discrimination has weakened over the years, it still remains (Pay Scale). The idea that the gender wage gap does not exist is a hoax. Karin Agness Lips writes, “Using the statistic that women make 78 cents on the dollar as evidence of rampant discrimination has been debunked over and over again. That statistic doesn’t take…

Throughout history, women have been making lower salaries than men. In 1963 an equal pay act was passed, fast-forward 46 years later, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay of 2009 was passed. Then in 2014, President Barack Obama signed two executive orders on equal pay. It is now 2016 and women have not yet achieved equal pay with men. Women 's average yearly salary is still less than men 's. Many have placed the blame on women 's lack of negotiation and personal choices. Such as women leaving work due…

employment because the individual is a women or a man. This can affect hiring or firing an individual, promotions, compensation, benefits and job classifications. Even though gender discrimination is primarily focused on women, men also experience acts of this injustice. To this date, both men and women experience favoritism because of their sex. Since the 1800s women have been fighting towards equality in all aspects of their lives. Men experienced various types of advancements in their…