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

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This entity is a U.S. federal law, commonly known as the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which strengthens workers’ ability to challenge discriminatory compensation by resetting the filing period with each discriminatory paycheck.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
aimsTo strengthen workers’ ability to challenge discriminatory compensation ⓘ
amends Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ⓘ
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
appliesTo compensation decisions ⓘ
other practices affecting compensation ⓘ
category United States anti-discrimination law ⓘ
United States federal labor legislation ⓘ
changes limitations period for filing pay discrimination claims ⓘ
clarifies that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory decision or practice ⓘ
commonName Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
doesNotChange substantive standards of discrimination under Title VII ⓘ
substantive standards of discrimination under the ADA ⓘ
substantive standards of discrimination under the ADEA ⓘ
substantive standards of discrimination under the Rehabilitation Act ⓘ
effectiveDate 2009-01-29 ⓘ
enactedBy 111th United States Congress ⓘ
introducedIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
legislativeSession 111th Congress, 1st Session ⓘ
modifies Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
namedAfter Lilly Ledbetter ⓘ
officialTitle 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 ⓘ
overturns Supreme Court decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ⓘ
policyArea civil rights ⓘ
labor and employment ⓘ
president Barack Obama ⓘ
provides that each discriminatory paycheck is a separate unlawful employment practice ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 111-2 ⓘ
relatesTo Age Discrimination in Employment Act pay claims ⓘ
Americans with Disabilities Act pay claims ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act pay claims ⓘ
Title VII pay discrimination claims ⓘ
restores broader interpretation of the charge-filing period for pay discrimination ⓘ
shortTitle Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ⓘ
signedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
signingDate 2009-01-29 ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 123 Stat. 5 ⓘ
subjectMatter employment discrimination ⓘ
equal pay ⓘ
pay discrimination ⓘ
typeOfRemedy procedural clarification of filing deadlines ⓘ
yearEnacted 2009 ⓘ

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Public Law 111-2 → 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 ⓘ
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 → officialTitle → 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 ⓘ