The heart of the bill seeks to eliminate wage discrimination based upon sex, race or national origin. This important legislation would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers to provide equal pay for work in jobs that are comparable in skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions . The Fair Pay Act would apply to each company individually and would prohibit companies from reducing other employees' wages to achieve pay equity. Fair pay is a common sense business issue. Women make up almost half of the work force and fair pay is essential to attract and keep good workers.
Fair pay is an economic issue.
If workers are paid fairly, they have more to spend, will pay higher taxes and are more able to break the welfare cycle and remain self-sufficient. Fair pay is a family issue. When women aren't paid what they're worth, families get cheated too. Working women, after all, don't get special discounts when they buy food and clothing for their families. They don't pay less for a ticket to the movies or gasoline for their cars.