by Faith Childs

On Friday, the House of Representatives passed two bills of importance to women. The Paycheck Fairness Act requires employers to pay equal wages to men and women who perform the same job unless there is a rational reason for the pay disparity. Also passed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which overturns the 2007 Supreme Court decision Lilly Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co . (550 U.S. 618). In the year since that decision, lower courts around the country have been busy deepening its effect , turning away suits charging discrimination based on sex, race and disability.

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