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"Fair Pay Springs Back Onto Agenda of NY Lobbyists"
By Alison Bowen WeNews correspondent
New Fair Pay legislation is being proposed for NY State,and this time there is great hope that it will pass!
The Fair Pay Act in New York bill would provide workers back pay along with punitive damages,cover employees who had comparable job titles, not just identical positions, (for instance teaching assistants make less than school janitors). The bill would also outlaw intimidating an employee for disclosing his or her salary to co-workers. (Workers are sometimes fired for revealing their salary to discourage wage comparisons.)
The New York State Assembly has passed this bill twice,but it has not passed the Senate. But now that the Senate is controlled by the Democrats...
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