FL H0163

Creates the Helen Gordon Davis Fair Pay Protection Act to address gender-based pay discrimination despite the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963.

Assigns the Department of Economic Opportunity and Florida Commission on Human Relations duties including collecting wage data, ensuring state contractor compliance with equal pay requirements, investigating pay discrimination violations, and conducting studies on eliminating pay disparities.

Designates the Florida Commission on Human Relations as the primary enforcement agency for equal pay claims and requires it to adopt rules and issue guidance on law interpretations.

Establishes the Governor's Recognition Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace to be given annually to employers demonstrating substantial efforts to eliminate pay disparities between men and women.

Takes effect July 1, 2014, with the executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity and chair of the Commission on Human Relations to create award eligibility criteria in cooperation with the Governor's Office.