Labor & Employment Law

President to sign Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 on January 29.

On January 29 the President is scheduled to sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which amends Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, and the Rehabilitation Act.

The Act will re-start the statute of limitation for claims of discrimination in compensation each time wages or benefits are paid, when an individual is affected by a previous discriminatory decision or practice.

The key language:

"For purposes of this section, an unlawful employment practice occurs, with respect to discrimination in compensation in violation of this title, when a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, when an individual becomes subject to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, or when an individual is affected by application of a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid, resulting in whole or in part from such a decision or other practice."

Effective date:

"This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, take effect as if enacted on May 28, 2007 and apply to all claims of discrimination in compensation ... that are pending on or after that date."

Text of the statute: http://www.lawmemo.com/docs/congress/s181.pdf

Full post as published by Ross' Employment Law Blog on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).