CO HJR1021

Proclaims Tuesday, April 14, 2015, as "Equal Pay Day" in Colorado to symbolize when women's cumulative wages catch up to men's wages from the previous year.

Documents that year-round, full-time working women earn only 80% of what men earn, with only a 1% increase since 2011.

Notes wage disparities vary by race and ethnicity, with Asian women earning 90% of white men's wages, white women 78%, black women 64%, and Latinas 54%.

Highlights that over a working lifetime, wage disparities cost the average woman an estimated $431,000 in lost wages, affecting Social Security benefits and pensions.

Urges governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, labor organizations, businesses, and individuals to implement fair pay equity policies to close the pay gap for Colorado women and minorities.