Industry groups slam wage-equality bills as duplicative, harmful to economy
While legislators today called on Gov. Chris Christie to support bills that would narrow the wage gap between women and men, employer groups are voicing concerns about the legislation’s duplicative nature and legal repercussions.
The four-bill package, sponsored by Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Voorhees), chairwoman of the Assembly Women and Children Committee, would require employers to notify workers about their right for gender pay equity; allow employees to share pay information with others without punishment; make public contractors report information about their employees’ pay to the state; and oblige employers to repay employees for discriminatory pay differentials with no statute of limitations, regardless of when the initial biased decision took place. The bills recently passed the Assembly, and companion legislation has been introduced in the Senate. (Eder, NJBIZ)
