Stop Discrimination in the Workplace Act

Bill: 113-hr-5256
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2014-07-30
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Wages and earnings

Women's employment
Latest action: action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Stop Discrimination in the Workplace Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discharging or retaliating against any employee because such employee has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed comparative compensation information for the purpose of determining whether the employer is compensating an employee in a manner that provides equal pay for equal work.</p> <p>Makes such prohibition inapplicable to instances in which an employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of such employee's job functions discloses the wages of such other employees other than in response to a charge or complaint or in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action under provisions prohibiting sex discrimination, including an investigation conducted by the employer.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5256 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2014 Mrs. McMorris Rodgers (for herself, Mrs. Capito , Ms. Jenkins , Mrs. Ellmers , Mrs. Bachmann , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Ms. Granger , Mrs. Lummis , and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To encourage compensation transparency.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Discrimination in the Workplace Act . 2. Enhanced enforcement of Equal Pay Act requirements Section 15(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 215(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (6) to discharge or in any other manner retaliate against any employee because such employee has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed comparative compensation information for the purpose of determining whether the employer is compensating an employee in a manner that provides equal pay for equal work, except that this paragraph shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of such employee’s job functions discloses the wages of such other employees to an individual who does not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a charge or complaint or in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action under section 6(d), including an investigation conducted by the employer. Nothing in paragraph (6) shall be construed to limit the rights of an employee provided under any other provision of law. .