IN SB0085

Prohibits employers from paying discriminatory wages based on sex, race, or national origin for the same or equivalent jobs, effective after June 30, 2017.

Defines "equivalent jobs" as those equal under the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 or jobs with equivalent composite requirements in skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions.

Allows wage differences under bona fide seniority systems, merit systems, production-based systems, geographic differentials, or other non-discriminatory factors not based on historically undervalued female or minority job classifications.

Prohibits wage reductions to achieve compliance, retaliation against employees who oppose violations or participate in enforcement proceedings, and employer discrimination based on wage disclosure or discussion.

Grants the civil rights commission authority to receive complaints, investigate violations, adopt rules for determining job domination by protected groups, and establish methodology for comparing job equivalence under IC 22-9-1-6 procedures.