DE HR6

Designates Tuesday, April 12, 2011 as "Equal Pay Day" in the State of Delaware.

Acknowledges that women earn approximately 77% of what men earn according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, with little progress in pay equity over forty years.

Notes that wage disparities affect women across all occupational classifications and cost the average American woman $700,000 to $2 million in lost wages over a working lifetime.

References federal legislative efforts including the Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009 and the proposed Paycheck Fairness Act to address pay discrimination.

Recognizes April 12 as the symbolic date when women's cumulative wages from the previous year reach parity with men's wages.