Mississippi could become the final state to enact a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men, after the Republican-controlled state House and Senate passed the final version of a bill Wednesday.
by women and men, after the Republican-controlled state House and Senate passed the final version of a bill Wednesday.
A 1963 federal law requires equal pay for equal work, but Mississippi is the only state without its own equal pay law.The Mississippi bill says a lawsuit must be filed within two years of when a worker “knew or should have known” about pay discrepancies. Cassandra Welchlin, leader of the Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable, advocates for equal pay but said the bill is “harmful” because it would allow an employer to pay a woman less than a man based on the pay history that workers bring into new jobs. She said the bill also allows lower pay if a worker has taken months or years off to care for children or older parents.
Several exceptions are allowed, including seniority, merit, quantity or quality of production and “any factor other than sex," including salary history and whether there was competition to hire an employee.
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