Rosa Luisa DeLauro

“ The existence of such pay disparities— (A) depresses the wages of working families who rely on the wages of all members of the family to make ends meet; (B) undermines women's retirement security, which is often based on earnings while in the workforce; (C) prevents women from realizing their full economic potential, particularly in terms of labor force participation and attachment ”

“ To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Paycheck Fairness Act”. Sec. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Women have entered the workforce in record numbers over the past 50 years. ”

“ Criteria For Qualification.—The Secretary of Labor shall set criteria for receipt of the award, including a requirement that an employer has made substantial effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and women, and deserves special recognition as a consequence of such effort. The Secretary shall establish procedures for the application and presentation of the award. (c) Business.—In this section, the term “employer” includes— (1) (A) a corporation, including a nonprofit corporation; (B) a partnership; (C) a professional association; (D) a labor organization ”

“ REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Director of the Women’s Bureau and in coordination with the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, shall— (A) submit to Congress a report on the gender pay gap in the teenage labor force; and (B) make the report available on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Labor. (2) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (A) An examination of trends and potential solutions relating to the teenage gender pay gap. ”

“ In collecting data described in subparagraph (A) (ii) , the Commission shall provide that, with respect to an employee who the employer is not required to compensate for overtime employment under section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) , an employer may report— “ (i) in the case of a full-time employee, that such employee works 40 hours per week, and in the case of a part-time employee, that such employee works 20 hours per week ”

“ A comparison of— (i) the types of tasks typically performed by women from the teenage years through adulthood within certain informal jobs, such as babysitting and other freelance jobs, and formal jobs, such as retail, restaurant, and customer service ”

“ In General.—It shall be an unlawful practice for an employer to— “ (1) rely on the wage history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment, including requiring that a prospective employee’s prior wages satisfy minimum or maximum criteria as a condition of being considered for employment ”