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- Title
Why the Law Should Intervene to Disrupt Pay-Secrecy Norms: Analyzing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Through the Lens of Social Norms.
- Authors
LYONS, SARAH
- Abstract
This Note addresses the Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the subsequent legislative response, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (LLFPA). Through the LLFPA, Congress overrode the Ledbetter decision and enacted a paycheck-accrual rule for Title VII pay-discrimination cases, the purpose of which is to provide victims with a longer -- and more realistic -- statute of limitations for pay- discrimination claims. This Note explores the congressional justifications for the LLFPA and the workings of pay-discrimination claims, and argues that the legislation does not address all of the obstacles that prevent victims from effectively challenging pay discrimination because the statute's goals are frustrated by social norms of pay secrecy. This Note argues for a transformative legal intervention to enable Title VII to remedy all instances of pay discrimination.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LEDBETTER v. Goodyear Tire &; Rubber Co. (Supreme Court case); EQUAL pay for equal work; EMPLOYMENT discrimination; PAY equity; WOMEN'S employment; LABOR laws
- Publication
Columbia Journal of Law & Social Problems, 2013, Vol 46, Issue 3, p361
- ISSN
0010-1923
- Publication type
Article