This week, the Texas Supreme Court decided that the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act does not apply to the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA), the state law mirroring Title VII. (Click here for my previous blog covering the oral argument of this case.) The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay…
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The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments this week in Prairie View A&M University v. Chatha. The issue in the case is whether the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (Ledbetter Act) applies to the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA), the state law that mirrors Title VII. The Ledbetter Act…
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In honor of Equal Pay Day, April 13, 2011, Congress reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act. If enacted, the legislation would modify the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The EPA prohibits employers from paying women less than men for performing equal…
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