Fair Pay Resources

AL HB 225

2019 | Defenses, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Legal Deadlines, Prior Salary, Retaliation

STATUS: Enacted

State Equal Pay Act prohibiting compensation discrimination on the basis of sex or race for equal work with certain enumerated defenses and prohibiting employer retaliation against potential employees for failure to provide a record of their prior wage history.

WA HB 1506

2018 | Defenses, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Legal Deadlines, Pay Transparency, Prior Salary, Work Comparisons

STATUS: Enacted

Comprehensive equal pay law.

WY HB0209

2017 | Fair Pay, Pay Transparency

STATUS: Enacted

The bill orders the Department of Work Services to update and expand upon the 2003 study looking at the disparity of wages and benefits between men and women in Wyoming.

WV §21-5B-3

| Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Retaliation, Work Comparisons

STATUS: Enacted

The West Virginia Equal Pay Act prohibits private and public employers from paying wages to any employee at a rate less than the rate paid to employees of the opposite sex for work of comparable character, the performance of which requires comparable skills. It also prohibits retaliation against employees who file or otherwise participate in an investigation regarding equal pay claims.

VT H. 294

2018 | Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Prior Salary

Prohibits employer inquiry into the compensation history of a prospective employee.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-2-201, et. seq.

2014 | Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Retaliation, Work Comparisons

STATUS: Enacted

Prohibits wage discrimination on the basis of sex for comparable work on jobs that require comparable skill, effort, and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions.

SD Cod. Laws Sec. § 60-12-15, et. seq.

| Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Retaliation, Work Comparisons

STATUS: Enacted

Prohibits wage discrimination on the basis of sex for comparable work on jobs which have comparable requirements.

PA HB 931

2017 | Fair Pay, Legal Deadlines, Prior Salary, Retaliation

STATUS: Failed

Would have prohibited employer reliance on or inquirty into prior salary; strengthened retaliation protections, extended the statute of limitations for bringing PA Equal Pay Law claims, and established an Equal Pay Commission

PA HR 174

2017 | Fair Pay

STATUS: Failed

Would have directed the Joint State Government Commission to study workplace pay disparities and make recommendations to the General Assembly.