US Congress House Bill 1890 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on April 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Workplace Advancement Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discharging or retaliating against any employee because such employee has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed comparative compensation information for the purpose of determining whether the employer is compensating an employee in a manner that provides equal pay for equal work. The prohibition does not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of the employee's job functions discloses such wages to an individual who has no access to them, except in response to a charge or complaint or in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action with respect to prohibited sex discrimination, including an investigation conducted by the employer. It is the sense of Congress that: (1) gender-based discrimination in wages or compensation violates existing law, and (2) Congress recommits itself to the principles of equal pay for equal work.

Workplace Advancement Act

Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-04-04	House	Introduced in House

HB1869 (Related) 2017-04-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
SB345 (Same As) 2017-02-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB819 (Related) 2017-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1890/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1890/BILLS-115hr1890ih.pdf