CA Gap

From Yahoo:
"California governor signs law targeting gender wage gap"

Female workers in California will get new tools to challenge gender-based wage gaps under legislation signed into law Tuesday that supporters say offers the strongest equal-pay protection in the nation. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the measure while surrounded by women and girls at an event at Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park in Richmond, northeast of San Francisco. "The stratification and the pay disparities in California and in America, probably in the world, are something that really eats away at our whole society," Brown said. He called the legislation a "milestone." The bill by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, a Santa Barbara Democrat, expands California's existing equal pay law and goes further than federal law by placing the burden on the employer to prove a man's higher pay is based on factors other than gender. It also protects workers from discrimination and retaliation if they ask questions about how much other people earn, though it doesn't require that employers provide that information. Workers also will gain the right to sue if they are paid less than someone with a different job title who does "substantially similar" work. The Fair Pay Act stipulates employers can justify higher wages for men only if the pay is based on seniority, a merit system, quantity or quality of production or any other "bona fide factor other than sex." It cleared the Legislature with bipartisan support and backing from the state Chamber of Commerce. The new law takes effect Jan. 1.

 

 

^ California is on the ball on this one. Women deserve to be equal in all aspects of society. There shouldn't be any "glass ceilings" anymore. Every position with equal pay should be open to both men and women and the only issue that should be taken into consideration is a person's qualifications and training. It would be nice if the rest of the country could get on-board. The fact that these common sense things (equal pay for equal work) has to be made into a law and enforced rather than just something that is shows that we still have a long way to go with gender equality. ^

 

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-enact-tough-equal-pay-law-address-wage-180522881--finance.html