Virginia Senate Bill 1080 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-03 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Equal pay irrespective of sex. Amends the existing law requiring equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex to (i) prohibit unequal provision of benefits and privileges; (ii) prohibit employers from punishing employees for sharing salary information with their coworkers; and (iii) authorize a court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to an employee who substantially prevails on the merits in an action for wrongful withholding of wages, benefits, or privileges. The measure also deletes the exemption for employers covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act from the Commonwealth's prohibition on discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex.

Equal pay irrespective of sex.

Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]

Sen. Janet Howell [D]

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]

2017-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-03	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 5-N)
2017-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101986D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	28.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1080
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1080+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S02V0064+SB1080