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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Paycheck Fairness Act Proposed Compensatory Damages
What does it mean that compensatory payouts by business may increase under the new laws?The EPA currently provides for limited damages and back pay awards. The Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) is written to recover compensatory and punitive damages. The change will put gender-based wage discrimination in a similar class with wage discrimination based on race or ethnicity, for which full compensatory and punitive damages are currently available.
