Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumKamala Harris proposes equal pay measure to close gender gap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, one of two dozen Democrats vying for the 2020 presidential nomination, on Monday proposed closing the gender pay gap by requiring companies to disclose pay data and secure an "equal pay certification" or be fined.
Harris' proposal aims to shift the burden from workers, who now must prove pay discrimination by employers, to corporations, which would have to show they eliminated pay disparities between men and women doing work of equal value.
In 2017, full-time, year-round working women earned 80% of what male counterparts earned, the U.S. Census Bureau says, and minority women earned even less.
At a college rally in Los Angeles on Sunday, Harris decried the pay gap between men and women. "This has got to end," she said, to audience cheers.
Harris said her plan would incentivize corporations to close the pay gap, because "There will be penalties if they don't."
Under Harris' proposal, which would require approval by the U.S. Congress, companies with 100 or more employees would give their pay data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Faux pas
(14,583 posts)the candidates need to sign up for that one.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Andy823
(11,495 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
madville
(7,397 posts)I've always worked in settings (military, federal government, union facility, etc) where there was a set payscale, gender made no difference,
The military didn't matter because it's salary but I would say that men typically work more voluntary overtime than women in an hourly pay environment. Or is this more geared towards white collar management types who negotiate their salary individually?
Many of these studies cite annual earnings and not hourly earnings, does anyone have any reference to a study that takes overtime and hourly pay rate into account?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden