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IN SB0259
Bill
AI Summary
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Prohibits employers from paying employees lower wages than employees of the opposite sex for substantially similar work, defined as jobs equal under the federal Equal Pay Act or dissimilar jobs with equivalent skill, effort, and responsibility requirements
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Protects employees from retaliation (discharge, discipline, coercion, intimidation, or threats) for inquiring about, disclosing, comparing, or discussing their wages
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Bans employers from requiring wage nondisclosure as a condition of employment or forcing employees to sign waivers denying their right to share wage information
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Allows employer defenses for wage differentials based on seniority systems, merit systems, production-based pay, or bona fide factors like education, training, or experience—provided such factors are not derived from historically undervalued female occupations
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Grants the Indiana Civil Rights Commission authority to investigate and resolve complaints of violations, with effective date of July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Wage discrimination. 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 rights commission has jurisdiction for the investigation and resolution of complaints of these employment actions.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
1/3/2019