DE HCR90

Designates March 12, 2024 as "Equal Pay Day" in Delaware to raise awareness about wage inequality between men and women.

Notes that women in Delaware working full-time, year-round earn on average 82% of men's earnings, with the gap widening significantly for women of color at 61% of white men's earnings.

Highlights that female single parents in Delaware earn 75% of what male single parents earn, and that about one-third of female-headed family households fall below the poverty line.

References the 2009 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and Delaware's 2015 legislation requiring state contractors to certify fair wage practices and equal pay for equal work.

Recognizes March 12th as the symbolic date when women's cumulative earnings from the previous year finally equal men's earnings.