Those who can … do
Those who cant … run for office and tell those who can do what to do

Sheesh!!!

I am a female and an HR professional, and I completely agree with your arguments. Let’s say there were substantial studies done that actually looked at the whole package… Kim listed: “gender, race, national origin, years of related experience AND salary.” You mentioned industry, and I would add job titles and level (entry level etc).

After all that was said and done, I really do believe that this .77 per dollar would be much much less. Would it be exactly even? Well, I think it would vary by industry. In fact, there may be some industries where the numbers fall to slightly favor females, but men might show a slight edge over females in other industries… and I am still okay with this.

If there were truly a large disparity based on gender alone, then I might feel differently, but I don’t think there is. This legislation is going overboard to overcorrect a problem that is not need of much correction at all.

The idea of the class action lawsuits… doesn’t that show what this legislation is really about? We talk about “big bad corporations” all day long… what about the big bad law firms and greedy lawyers looking for class action lawsuits based on frivolous claims to line their own pockets?

“As to the inequity in between men and women, with women earning $.77 for every $1 much of that can be explained by issues such as career interruption.”

And, discrimination.

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I don’t know all there is to know about this proposed legislation. Just thinking about researching it some more makes me tired.

What I really want is for crap like what happened to Lilly Ledbetter to not happen anymore.

As Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said at the close of the Ledbetter case (reading a dissent from the bench on behalf of herself and three other justices),

“In our view, the court does not comprehend, or is indifferent to, the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination,”

And,

“Title VII was meant to govern real-world employment practices, and that world is what the court today ignores.”

As for the other employees, the problem is each market is very different. This should work for states, but it shouldn’t be a federal law. I really think the states should use this approach and find out why these numbers show up and their reasonings. The federal government would look at the average and would determine if they meet or not meet expectations and that would be tough to determine because each company has a different case.