Combating Pay Secrecy for Paycheck Fairness
| When |
Jun 09, 2011
from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM |
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| Where | Senate Dirksen, Rm 562 |
| Contact Name | Ariane Hegewisch |
| Contact Phone | 202-785-5100 |
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Nearly 50 years after President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, women working full time are paid just 77 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts. All too often, wage disparities go undetected because employers may prohibit or strongly discourage workers from sharing salary information with colleagues. A woman might be illegally underpaid for years before she finds out—if she finds out at all. Such pay secrecy is unfair to individual women and to their families who have to make do with less. The panel will review research on pay secrecy and discuss policy solutions, including the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Panelists:
Carol Golubock,
Director of Policy, SEIU- Service Employees International Union
Ariane Hegewisch,
Study Director, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Fatima Goss Graves
Vice President for Education and Employment,
National Women’s Law Center
Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Speaker to be confirmed
Moderator:
Carol Joyner
National Director of Public Policy, Labor Project for Working Families
Sponsored by Senator Barbara A. Mikulski and Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro