Equal pay for equal work

Isn't salary information supposed to be confidential and not discussed? Anywhere I have worked that was the policy and if you were caught talking about it you would be fired immediatley. Most jobs that the salary is known is posted and you know what you are going to be paid. So if you agree to work for a wage then do a good job. End of story.

Look at universities ,particularly University of Penn . My girlfriend is in the department of neurophysiology she graduated magna cum lauder from Rutgers and received her doctorate in Massachusetts never received less than an “A” in any subject throughout school. Worked with noble prize winners, in her field. She is now presently working as a scientist researcher, the first woman to have her own research lab at U.of Penn., And possibly in the whole country. She also has a faculty position and teaches at the U. of Penn. she is paid lower than her counterparts, which she found out by mistake a few months ago. She is afraid to say anything, because she might make waves, and can be let go. What should she do? This is a university that accepts grants from the government and at the same time, does not adhere to equality in pay. It’s not fair, and if universities do this, they should not receive grants with my tax dollars!!! Maybe Michelle Obama can help out I would be more than happy to give you any other info that is needed

Obama has been "fighting for women's rights all the way back to his days as a state legislator"...way back to FIVE YEARS AGO???? When are you liberals going to stop thinking of this guy as the "Messiah" and start looking at him as a gifted speaker who has less than 10 years government experience, and NO executive experience unless you count his couple weeks in the White House.

At the same time, you destroyed a woman who not only "talked the talk" of women's rights but "walked the walk" as well. While you may not agree with her politically, she has legitimately much more executive experience (mayor, governor, as well as a business woman) , is the breadwinner of her family, and a devoted mother of five. If Obama was treated with one-hundreth of the venom she was, liberals would be crying racism.

The fact is you only believe in women's rights when they are liberal.

OK Ms. Floyd, you can wipe the brown off your nose now; he's already elected. So when will you post a blog about how he forced -read blackmailed- banks in Chicago to lend to people who shouldn't have gotten a loan (because they didn't qualify under normal bank rules)?

And why, precisely, is Hillary Clinton mentioned along side the likes of Abigail Adams and Eleanor Roosevelt? It must be because she "stood by her (cheating) man" while he was defiling the office of the presidency.

Honestly, take the blinders off, and perhaps, one could take you seriously.

Please, stop the myth that women make less money than men. My boss is a woman and she makes a lot more than I do. The women I work with earn a decent salary, and they get a fat paycheck. Stop bellyaching.

You sound like you are one of those that is doing it to someone else Miriam. Wages paid can in fact be gotten legally so doing something dishonest that person can be caught.

Yes, there have been similar policies everywhere that I've worked. However, if I found out my male counterparts were being paid more, I'd be upset too, no matter what salary I agreed to work for. Bottom line is–anyone would like to have more pay. It's unfair for women to be offered less for whatever reason.

Perhaps in the olden days when men took care of their families, a higher salary was necessary. But in today's society when there are so many deadbeat dads (and moms), we all need every penny we can earn.

From the sound of it, this law will be a great stimulus to the economy.

Millions of American women can now research their company's salary history and sue those companies for 20 years back pay.

This should create many jobs, shore up failing corporations and instill confidence.

NOT!!!!!!!!!

Great job, BO.

its about time.

"sean in santa rosa"

Ok Charles I do not understand your comment? I was stating a policy in place that many companies have, period. People can sue for anything they like or want, if you feel or think or have proof that you have been wronged, just be sure that you have gained the information to prove your case in a legal and moral way. I have worked most of my life in the clerical field and supported 3 children as a single mom and I worked hard and earned a decent wage to support my family – working with whinning people is always a irritating way to work. It is a job, not a prison sentence – you can work somewhere else also if you feel like you are being wronged by the company you went to for a job!!!

It took 44 Presidents before someone thought we should have equal pay and actually do something about it...what a great country!

Isn't it ironic? Male staffers in his Senate office were paid 20% higher than his female staffers. He obviously didn't practice equal pay in his public office.

Tommiella-

What?
Equal pay laws have been on the books for years. Barack Obama signs one law and you've decided he has set an historical precedent.

This law extends the statute of limitations for filing a claim. That's all.

There will always be situations where one person or another gets unequal pay. It's the way the system works. The idea being that if you do your job better than someone else, you deserve to get paid more. Now, of course, people misuse that idea. Eventually, someone gets paid less, or more, based on their color, their sex or even their relationship to someone.
That's not fair, you say?
We do have another option. Let's pay everyone the exact same amount. Nobody cares to do a good job, because there's no incentive to make more money. That oughta work, eh?
That's called Socialism, or maybe even Communism.

I don't see why anyone should have a problem with this bill. Anyone who has learned about women in science and technology knows the battles they have fought, and any women currently in these fields knows that they are still fighting gender battles. This is something that needs to be pointed out in a law, even if it shouldn't be something that occurs. Pay someone more if they're worth more to a company, not if they're male or female.

Hey Lisa Hamilton,

We liberals will NEVER think of Obama as anything less than the Messiah, he is exactly what this country has needed for years.

Palin was the a person that would have put women back in the dark ages. She was for women's rights? What a joke. I guess you don't know what women's rights are. Besides, Palin is an idiot because she is an idiot, not because she is a woman.