In recent years, many states have passed equal pay laws.

At the federal level, well...

For U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), last week marked the fourteenth time (according to Wikipedia) that she had introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act. The measure is designed to combat the wage disparity woman face compared to men (women still earn, on average, just 77 cents for every dollar paid to men).

What is the PFA?

When Congress amended the Fair Labor Standard Act in 1963, it included equal-pay provisions. These equal-pay provisions make it unlawful for an employer to pay men and women doing the same or similar work differently — unless the employer can demonstrate that it based the pay differential on "any other factor other than sex."

The PFA would strike "any other factor other than sex" and insert "a bona fide factor other than sex, such as education, training, or experience."

Additionally, the PFA enhances nonretaliation prohibitions and makes it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting them from disclosing information about their wages. The bill also increases civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions.

The bill directs the Department of Labor to:

1. Establish and carry out a grant program for negotiation skills training for girls and women.
2. Conduct studies to eliminate pay disparities between men and women.
3. Make available information on wage discrimination to assist the public in understanding and addressing such...

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