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Jan. 19, 2017
SB 1603: Equal pay laws strengthened
Expands upon the changes that the 2015 Fair Pay Act made to existing equal pay laws. By Wendy Lazerson
Wendy M. Lazerson
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
1001 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto , CA 94304
Email: wlazerson@sidley.com
Union University, Albany Law School
Recently, there has been a lot of commentary in the press regarding reported statistics showing an 84 cent wage gap in California between men and women, despite existing laws that prohibited wage discrimination. Reportedly, the statistics show an even wider pay disparity for women of color, with African-American women making 63 cents, and Hispanic women earning less than 43 cents for every dollar made by Caucasian males.
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