Work & Family Policy Database

Equal Pay

New York
State: New York
Subject: Fair Pay
Bill: S 2650
Referred to Senate Civil Service and Pensions Committee: 01/23/13
Referred to Civil Service and Pensions Committee: 01/08/14
Summary:

Would implement compliance with the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 by establishing a state policy of compensating employees in state civil service equally for work of comparable value by eliminating wage inequality in job titles having been segregated by sex, race or national origin; require the president of the civil service commission to report annually to the legislature and the office for employee relations on those segregated titles for which wage disparity exists; direct the governor to appropriate moneys to ensure wage disparities are corrected.

Entry updated as of: January 4, 2015.
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