The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed by President Obama today. The full text of the bill can be found here. The Human Resources News blog summarizes the Act as follows:
Specifically, the Fair Pay Act amends Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) to declare that an unlawful employment practice occurs not only upon adoption of a discriminatory compensation decision or practice but also when the employee becomes subject to the decision or practice as well as each additional application of the decision or practice. In other words, the 180-day statute of limitations will now be extended on every occurrence of an unlawful employment practice, including issuance of paychecks.
The Act was passed in response to the Supreme Court decision which dismissed Lilly Ledbetter’s case against her employer. The bill is retroactive to May 27, 2007 (the date of the decision) but does not revive claims that have already been dismissed.