SENATOR KENNEDY TO HOLD HEARING ON EQUAL RIGHTS

The following press release was published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Jan. 17, 2008. It is reproduced in full below.

The Fair Pay Restoration Act would clarify that laws against pay discrimination apply to every paycheck or other compensation a worker receives. The bill’s protection extends to pay discrimination based on race, national origin, gender, religious, age or disability.

Source: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions