The Paycheck Fairness Act Fails

Paycheck Fairness Act did not survive a Senate vote today. Senate Republicans filibustered the bill and Democrats fell two votes short of the 60 needed to put it to an up-or-down vote.

As reported in our blog in a previous post, the plaintiffs' class action bar is focusing on creation of new theories to attack pay and promotion decision-making by employers, and one key area of focus was the proposal on the Paycheck Fairness Act. The proposed legislation was designed to transform class action remedies in this context. The Paycheck Fairness Act had reintroduced in the Senate on September 14, 2010 and re-designated as S. 3772, formerly S. 182, 11th Cong. (2010).

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