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IN HB1390

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/16/2018

Primary Sponsor

Linda Lawson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

HB 1390 Summary

  • Prohibits employers from paying employees at different wage rates based on sex for substantially similar work, effective June 30, 2018.

  • Protects employees from retaliation for inquiring about, disclosing, comparing, or discussing wages with coworkers, and prohibits employers from requiring wage nondisclosure agreements or waivers.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Employment, Labor and Pensions1/16/2018

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