CRM/LAW C113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Of 2009, Government Accountability Office, Lilly Ledbetter
20 Apr 2016
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<> (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) In 2012, the government accountability office (gao) examined the salaries of full-time managers across various industries over the preceding decade. On average, women earned only eighty-one cents for every dollar. In no industry did female mangers earn the same as men made by an equally qualified male (cid:1) (cid:1) Title vii of the civil rights act of 1964 is the main federal. -defining workplace discrimination statute addressing employment discrimination based on sex. When title vii first came into force in the summer of 1963, it did not include a prohibition of discrimination based on sex. In the 1970s, discrimination lawsuits mainly involved hiring questions. Could a man become a nurse, a flight attendant, a receptionist? (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) and firing. The 1980s saw a shift to lawsuits charging discrimination in promotion.
