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IN HB1390
Bill
Status
1/16/2018
Primary Sponsor
Linda Lawson
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AI Summary
HB 1390 Summary
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Prohibits employers from paying employees at different wage rates based on sex for substantially similar work, effective June 30, 2018.
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Protects employees from retaliation for inquiring about, disclosing, comparing, or discussing wages with coworkers, and prohibits employers from requiring wage nondisclosure agreements or waivers.
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Allows wage differentials based on seniority systems, merit systems, production-based systems, or bona fide factors unrelated to sex such as education, training, or experience.
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Defines "substantially similar work" as jobs equal under the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963, or dissimilar jobs with equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions.
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Grants the Indiana Civil Rights Commission jurisdiction to investigate and resolve complaints of violations under this chapter.
Legislative Description
Equal pay; wage disclosure protection. Provides that it is an unlawful employment practice to: (1) pay wages that discriminate based on sex for substantially similar work; (2) discharge, discipline, discriminate against, coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any employee or other person because the employee inquired about, disclosed, compared, or otherwise discussed the employee's wages; (3) require as a condition of employment nondisclosure by an employee of the employee's wages; or (4) require an employee to sign a waiver or other document that purports to deny the employee the right to disclose the employee's wage information. Provides that the civil
Last Action
Representative Hamilton added as coauthor
1/18/2018