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Senate Passes Lilly Ledbetter Bill 61-36

By Dennis Westlind on January 23, 2009
Posted in EEOC, Statutes

The Senate voted 61-36 yesterday to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which is intended to overturn a U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the time frame for bringing pay discrimination claims.  The bill now will have to be reconciled with the House’s version of the bill (H.R. 11), approved on a 247-171 vote Jan.

Ledbetter, Fair Pay Acts Pass House

By Dennis Westlind on January 12, 2009
Posted in EEOC, Updates

There was a lot of fairness on Capitol Hill last week:  the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act both passed the House of Representatives on Friday, January 9, 2009.  For those of you keeping score at home, the Ledbetter Act passed 247-171, and the Paycheck Fairness Act passed 256-163.  Both bills will proceed…

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WSJ Reports EFCA Unlikely to Pass Soon

By Dennis Westlind on January 8, 2009
Posted in Labor

According to yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is not likely to become law in the first 100 days of the Obama Administration.  Because Republicans are threatening a filibuster, congressional Democrats are likely to instead focus their early efforts on two other low-hanging fruit:  the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act…

Employee Free Choice Act Tops List of Anticipated L&E Legislation

By Dennis Westlind on November 18, 2008
Posted in FMLA, News, WARN

In case you missed it, Barack Obama will be the next President of the United States!  And both houses of Congress will be controlled by Democratic majorities.  Wondering what this will mean for labor and employment law?  So are we!  But we’ve gone a step further and made some educated guesses on what to watch…

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