Women’s Equality Agenda - Equal Pay for Equal Work

The first piece of business taken up by the full Senate this session was legislation comprising the Women’s Equality Agenda, including equal pay for equal work. By doing so, we very clearly stated our priorities and sent an unmistakable message that these bills were far too important to let languish for another day. 

It’s now been 105 days since our chamber passed equal pay and other legislation important to women. After all that time, we are pleased that the Assembly has finally decided to join us in passing this bill. 

I urge the Assembly to follow our lead and immediately pass legislation approved on numerous occasions in the Senate that would also prohibit sexual harassment in the workplace, remove barriers to remedying discrimination, prohibit family status discrimination, prevent housing discrimination for the victims of domestic violence, allow for electronic filing for orders of protection and end pregnancy discrimination.