2008, ISBN: 9781234609863

Paris: Hachette, 1931. Hachette, Paris, n.d.(>1931). 1037p. ills. Cloth. Cover partly discoloured. Joints at head spine cracked. Corners bit bumped., Hachette, 1931, RareBooksClub. P… Mehr…

Paris: Hachette, 1931. Hachette, Paris, n.d.(>1931). 1037p. ills. Cloth. Cover partly discoloured. Joints at head spine cracked. Corners bit bumped., Hachette, 1931, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 36 pages. LC Number: KF26 . L27 2008a OCLC Number: (OCoLC)414101412 Subject: Pay equity -- Law and legislation -- United States. Excerpt: . . . would just look at this, we have got the Second Circuit, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth Circuit, and the DC Circuits. I am not going to take more time in my opening statement. But for those with wonderful eyes, or they may come up afterwards, they will note that in each of these, they have referred to the cases where these decisions were made. And each and every one of these cases notes that each discriminatory paycheck is a discrete act. And as the count in Forsyth v. Federation said, any paycheck given within the statute of limitations period therefore would be actionable, even if based on a discriminatory pay scale set up outside the statutory limitations period. These were the court decisions and, basically, the EEOCs position prior to a 5-4 decision that needs to be changed. Senator. Statement of Senator Isakson Senator Isakson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for calling this hearing. I would like to welcome and thank all of the witnesses for taking their time and being here today. The legislation before us today would purportedly overturn the U. S. Supreme Courts decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber in which the court determined that Ms. Ledbetter waited too long to file her claim against Goodyear. Certainly, all of us in this room agree that employment discrimination cannot be tolerated. But as even the editors of The Washington Post have noted, this legislation goes overboard in favor of trial lawyers. And in fact, this bill repeals any and all time limitations for employment discrimination claims, allowing employees to wait many years to file a claim and making it much more difficult for the employer to disprove an allegation that may be made. In Ledbetter, the court found that Ms. Ledbetters lawsuit against . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<