HB426 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Laura HallRepresentative

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

Barbara Bigsby BoydPebblin W. WarrenMary MooreMerika ColemanPatricia ToddJuandalynn Givan

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act, established, legislative findings regarding wage differentials between minorities and nonminorities and males and females, Equal Pay Commission established, members, duties, powers, report to Governor and Legislature

Summary

This bill creates the Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act and sets up a commission to study wage gaps based on sex and race and propose steps to eliminate them.

What This Bill Does

It would establish the Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act and form the Equal Pay Commission to study wage disparities between men and women and between minorities and non-minorities in both private and public sectors. The Commission would include nine members from business, labor, advocacy groups, and higher education or data experts, and it would report its findings and recommendations to the Speaker for transmission to the Governor and Legislature. It directs the Commission to analyze how large the disparities are, what causes them, their consequences, and actions to eliminate them, with a report due during the 2013 Regular Session and ongoing updates on diversity and compliance.

Who It Affects

• Women and minority workers who may experience wage gaps and could benefit from remedies and targeted study.
• Employers in the private and public sectors, and state agencies, which would participate in data collection, analysis of pay practices, and potential changes guided by the Commission's work and reporting requirements.

Key Provisions

• Creates the Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act and establishes the Equal Pay Commission to study wage disparities between men and women and between minorities and non-minorities in private and public sectors, with findings and recommendations to be reported to the Speaker for transmission to the Governor and Legislature.
• Specifies the Commission's nine-member composition (business representatives, labor representatives, advocacy group representatives appointed by the Governor, and higher education/data experts), diversity requirements, the scope of the study (extent, causes, consequences, and actions to eliminate disparities), reporting deadlines (report by the 2013 Regular Session), and the act's effective date.

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Subjects

Employment