HB364 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Laura HallRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2015

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

HB364 would create the Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act to study wage gaps between men and women and between minorities and non-minorities, and establish an Equal Pay Commission to report recommendations to the governor and Legislature.

What This Bill Does

It recognizes wage disparities exist and sets up an Equal Pay Commission with nine members from business, labor, advocacy groups, and higher education to study wage differences in public and private sectors. The Commission would analyze the causes, consequences, and potential actions to eliminate disparities, and must report its findings and recommendations to the Speaker for transmission to the Governor and Legislature. The act also lays out its purpose to protect welfare, improve the labor environment, and gather reliable data on wage discrimination.

Who It Affects

• Workers who are women or racial minorities and may experience wage gaps in the same or similar jobs, in both private and public sectors.
• Employers and organizations in private and public sectors, along with state government entities, which would be analyzed by the Commission and subject to data collection and reporting requirements.

Key Provisions

• Section establishing the act and naming it the Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act.
• Section describing the findings and policy goal to address wage disparities based on sex and race, and to improve labor standards and data collection.
• Section creating the Equal Pay Commission with nine members: two business representatives, two labor representatives, two advocacy-oriented appointees, and three higher education/data experts; appointments made by the Speaker, Governor, and Senate Presiding Officer.
• Section requiring the Commission to be inclusive and diverse, with annual reporting on diversity compliance to the Legislature.
• Section outlining the Commission’s study scope: extent of wage disparities, causes (including segregation and occupational factors), consequences, and recommended actions or legislation to eliminate disparities.
• Section requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Speaker no later than the tenth legislative day of the 2015 Regular Session, for transmission to the Governor and Legislature.
• Section stating the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and approval.

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Subjects

Employment