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Senate Passes Wage Discrimination Bill

HeadlineJan 23, 2009

The Senate has passed a bill that would overturn a Supreme Court ruling preventing women from filing pay discrimination lawsuits. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is named for a female employee of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company who was paid 40 percent less than her male colleagues doing the same job. Ledbetter lost her suit against Goodyear after the court ruled she did not file a complaint on time. Senate Republicans had blocked the same measure last April. It now goes to the House, where it’s expected to pass.

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