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Governor Chris Christie Vetoes New Jersey Pay Equity Bill
Governor Chris Christie Vetoes New Jersey Pay Equity Bill
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie yesterday blocked a bill aimed at closing the gender wage gap in the state, calling the legislation business unfriendly. The bill, S. 992, would have prohibited an employer from compensating one sexin either wages or benefitsless than the other for doing substantially similar work. Whether the work was substantially similar would be determined by the level of skill, effort, and responsibility the job required. Employers could still compensate employees differently, but they would have to show that any differences were based on bona fide factors other than sex, such as training, education or experience, or the quantity or quality of production. The legislation further specified that bona fide factors had to be job-related and based on business necessity and could not perpetuate sex-based differentials in compensation.
Women in New Jersey, on average, are paid only 80 percent of what men make, slightly more than women nationwide, who are paid 79 percent. Both figures, however, are based on earnings, and do not factor in discrepancies in benefits.
The bill, which passed in both the state Assembly and the state Senate, would have offered stronger protections for workers than federal legislation. Unlike equal pay bills, which focus on equal work, the New Jersey bill promoted pay equity, a concept meant to combat gender-based discrimination that leads to women being clustered into certain jobs (that generally pay less) and men into others, even though those jobs may be substantially equivalent.
The governors veto of this legislation is wrong, said New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, the bills sponsor. This legislation would have required employers to justify why a woman is not paid the same as a man for the same work, eliminating loopholes that allow inequities to persist if employees have different job titles.
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http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2016/05/03/governor-chris-christie-vetoes-new-jersey-pay-equity-bill/
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Governor Chris Christie Vetoes New Jersey Pay Equity Bill (Original Post)
niyad
May 2016
OP
but DU will go blue in the face telling you that there are no longer any differences in Dems vs Rep
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2016
#4
fred v
(271 posts)1. REALLY Desperate for that Trump Veep Slot
Eh, Chris?
ReRe
(10,597 posts)2. Well.. that was rather "Trumpish" of him
Chris Christie is going down in flames fast. When is his term up as Gov? His credibility ratings in NJ are in the basement aren't they? Looks to me like he's doing his best to get recalled.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)4. but DU will go blue in the face telling you that there are no longer any differences in Dems vs Rep
niyad
(113,257 posts)5. I know. although, seeing the blatant sexism in some quarters, one wonders.