November 16, 2010
There are currently two federal laws protecting employees from sex-based pay discrimination: Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (amended just last year by the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act); and the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA). Yet Democrats hope to pass a new federal law - the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) – during the lame duck session before their majorities erode in the next Congress.