{"id":3175,"date":"2009-01-07T22:21:45","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T03:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=3175"},"modified":"2009-01-08T09:50:21","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T14:50:21","slug":"ledbetter-bill-revived-and-on-fast-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2009\/01\/ledbetter-bill-revived-and-on-fast-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Ledbetter Bill Revived and on Fast Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lawprofessors.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2009\/01\/07\/capitoldome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lawprofessors.typepad.com\/laborprof_blog\/images\/2009\/01\/07\/capitoldome.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Capitoldome\" width=\"100\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI\u00a0have written numerous times about the need for a Ledbetter bill to overturn the Supreme Court decision in the <em>Ledbetter <\/em>case concerning the statute of limitations for pay discrimination cases.\u00a0 Recall that the Court ruled that pay discrimination cases are treated as discrete act of discrimination cases and that a claim must be filed within the 180\/300 day statute of limitations from the day the employee receives their paycheck.\u00a0 This is an absurd situation as many times employees do not know of a discriminatory pattern until there have been numerous pay periods with discriminatory pay decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Now comes word that as early as today, Congress will have hearings on the passage of a Ledbetter Fair Pay Bill which will allow more flexibility for such pay discrimination claims. More specifically, the<br \/>\nLedbetter Fair Pay Act legislation would amend all of the employment discrimination law to provide that in effect only one discriminatory pay check with have to fall into the statutory period for such claims &#8211; much like sexual harassment claims under the <em>Morgan<\/em> case.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Related legislation is also expected to amend the Equal Pay Act to enhance remedies for sex-based pay disparities.<\/p>\n<p>While the legislation is expected to pass the House like it did last year, the challenge will come in the Senate with the threat of another Republic filibuster.\u00a0 However, this time Democrats seems to have the<br \/>\nvotes to overcome such a threat.\u00a0 A recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/05\/us\/politics\/05rights.html?_r=1&amp;scp=1&amp;sq=ledbetter&amp;st=cse\">in-depth story on Ledbetter can be found in the NYT<\/a> from a couple of days 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