Public Law 111-2

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Public Law 111-2 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 2009 that amended employment discrimination laws to make it easier for workers to challenge unequal pay based on gender and other protected characteristics.

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Public Law 111-2 canonical 3
Pub.L. 111-2 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Congress ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ
public law ⓘ
amends Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
appliesTo Age Discrimination in Employment Act pay claims ⓘ
Americans with Disabilities Act pay claims ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act pay claims ⓘ
Title VII pay discrimination claims ⓘ
codifiedIn 29 U.S.C. § 626(d) ⓘ
29 U.S.C. § 794a ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 12117(a) ⓘ
42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e) ⓘ
congressNumber 111 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned 2009-01-29 ⓘ
effectiveDate 2009-01-29 ⓘ
enactedBy 111th United States Congress ⓘ
hasOfficialName Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legislativeChamberOfOrigin United States House of Representatives ⓘ
mainProvision clarifies that each discriminatory paycheck is a separate unlawful employment practice ⓘ
resets the statute of limitations for pay discrimination claims with each discriminatory paycheck ⓘ
namedAfter Lilly Ledbetter ⓘ
opposedBy many congressional Republicans ⓘ
overturns Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007) ⓘ
partOf United States employment discrimination law framework ⓘ
partySupport primarily supported by Democrats ⓘ
presidentAtSigning Barack Obama ⓘ
protectsAgainstDiscriminationOnBasisOf age ⓘ
color ⓘ
disability ⓘ
national origin ⓘ
race ⓘ
religion ⓘ
sex ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 111-2 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 111-2
purpose to make it easier for workers to challenge unequal pay ⓘ
to restore prior interpretation of the statute of limitations for pay discrimination claims ⓘ
relatedToCase Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ⓘ
retroactivity applies to claims of discrimination in compensation pending on or after May 28, 2007 ⓘ
shortTitle Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 ⓘ
signedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 123 Stat. 5 ⓘ
subjectMatter employment discrimination law ⓘ
equal pay ⓘ
pay discrimination ⓘ
title An Act to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes ⓘ
yearEnacted 2009 ⓘ

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