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The New York State Bar
Association through its Committee on Women in the Law
(“CWIL”) submitted this statement in support of the passage
of pay equity legislation in New York at a hearing that took place on
December 12, 2011 before the the New York Assembly Standing Committee on
Labor, the Standing Committee on Governmental Employees, the Standing
Committee on Governmental Operations, the Standing Committee on
Oversight Analysis and Investigation, and the Assembly Task Force on
Women's Issues.
Pay equity legislation
currently under consideration by the New York State Legislature would
provide employees with protections against sexism and racism, and
protections against employer retaliation for discussing wages with
colleagues.
Specifically, CWIL urged
passage of A6130/S 2200, the “New York State Fair Pay
Act” (the “Fair Pay Act”), which will
reduce wage disparities by creating criteria for defining
equivalent jobs and ensuring that those jobs are paid
equally. The Fair Pay Act will also provide
employees with important protections against retaliatory personnel
actions by employers, and damages including compensatory, punitive, and
injunctive relief as appropriate. CWIL also supports related
fair pay legislation, A8348/S5674 that is narrower in scope, providing
the anti-retaliation protections and damages provisions only.
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