What is the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009?
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed into law on Jan. 29, 2009, by President Obama, restores the law that allows individuals subjected to unlawful pay discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, age, religion or disability to go to court to challenge each discriminatory paycheck they receive. The Act reverses the Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., which held that those subject to pay discrimination have only 180 (or, in some cases, 300) days from the date the employer first decides to pay them less to file a discrimination claim. The Act reinstates the law that had long existed before the Supreme Court’s decision and treats each paycheck as a separate discriminatory act that starts a new 180-day clock. Learn more about the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
