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As New Jobs Return, Employers Slash Wages

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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

By Sharon Kyle

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act resident Barack Obama signed his first act into law on January 29, 2009. The act, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, reverses a 2007 Supreme Court decision which held that employers are protected from lawsuits over race or gender pay discrimination if the claims are based on decisions made by [...]

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