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          Date of Hearing:   April 9, 2015


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                Richard Gordon, Chair


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          (Gonzalez) - As Introduced March 19, 2015


          SUBJECT:  Equal Pay Day.


          SUMMARY:  Proclaims April 14, 2015, as Equal Pay Day in  
          recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings  
          by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all.   
          Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act,  
            women, especially minority women, continue to suffer the  
            consequences of unequal pay.


          2)According to a October 2014 report by the National Partnership  
            for Women & Families, women in California earned a median of  
            $0.84 for each dollar earned by men and the United States  
            Census Bureau reported women working full time, year round in  
            2013, typically earned 78 percent of what men earned, which  
            indicates little change or progress in pay equity.


          3)Nearly one in four mothers is a primary breadwinner in their  
            households and nearly two-thirds are primary or significant  
            earners, making pay equity critical to families' economic  








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            security.


          4)In 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law,  
            which gives back to employees their day in court to challenge  
            a pay gap, and now we must pass the Paycheck Fairness Act,  
            which would amend the Equal Pay Day Act by closing loopholes  
            and improving the law's effectiveness.


          5)Fair pay strengthens the security of families today and eases  
            future retirement costs while enhancing America's economy.


          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




          Support


          None on file




          Opposition


          None on file




          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800








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