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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 30
Author: Jackson (D), et al.
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Equal Pay Day
SOURCE : American Association of University Women
DIGEST : This resolution declares April 9, 2013, as Equal Pay
Day.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Fifty years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act, women,
especially women of color, continue to suffer the consequences
of unequal pay.
2.According to the United States Census Bureau, full-time women
working year round in 2011 earned on average 77% of the
earnings of their male counterparts, with African American
women earning only 68% and Latino women earning only 59% of
wages paid to men, indicating little change or progress in pay
equity.
3.A study in 2012 by the American Association of University
Women found that one year after college graduation, women were
paid on average only 82% of what their male counterparts made.
4.In 2009 the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law,
which gives back to employees their day in court to challenge
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a pay gap, but Congress has yet to pass the Paycheck Fairness
Act, which would amend the Equal Pay Act by closing loopholes
and improving the law's effectiveness.
5.Recent budget cuts to California's community colleges have
made it harder for women to obtain a degree or enroll in
courses resulting in a dramatic decrease of women's enrollment
in community colleges since 2007.
6.The American Association of University Women in a 2011 report
found that according to the United States Census Bureau, women
marketing and sales managers earned $59,491 in 2009, compared
with $89,933 for their male peers; women physicians and
surgeons earned $120,971, compared with $190,726 for their
male peers; and women securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents earned $52,524, compared to $85,760 for
their male peers.
7.Fair pay equity policies can be implemented simply and without
undue costs or hardship in both the public and private
sectors.
This resolution urges Californians to recognize the full value
of women's skills and significant contributions to the labor
force, and that businesses are encouraged to conduct an internal
pay evaluation to ensure women are being paid fairly, and
declares April 9, 2013, as Equal Pay Day.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/2/13)
American Association of University Women (source)
National Organization for Women
JG:ej 4/2/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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