13-R201
2013 -- S 0852
Enacted 04/09/13
S E N A T E R E
S O L U T I O N
PROCLAIMING
APRIL 9, 2013, AS "EQUAL PAY DAY" IN THE STATE OF
ISLAND
Introduced By: Senators Goldin, Paiva Weed, Goodwin, Gallo, and Lynch
Date Introduced: April 09, 2013
WHEREAS, Forty years
after the passage of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act, women and people of color continue to
suffer the consequences of inequitable pay
differentials; and
WHEREAS, According to statistics released in 2012 by the United
States Census Bureau,
year-round, full-time working women in 2011 earned only 77 percent
of the earnings of year-
round, full-time working men, indicating little change or
progress in pay equity; and
WHEREAS, According to a January 2002 report released by the General
Accounting
Office, women managers in 7 of 10 industries surveyed
actually lost ground in closing the wage
gap between 1995 and 2000; and
WHEREAS, According to an analysis of data in over 300 job
classifications provided by
the United States Department of Labor Statistics in 2001,
women earn less in every occupational
classification for which enough data are available, including
occupations dominated by women;
and
WHEREAS,
Higher education is not free from wage discrimination. According to a
United States Department of Education analysis, after
controlling for rank, age, credentials, field
of study, and other factors, full-time female faculty
members earn nearly 9 percent less than their
male counterparts; and
WHEREAS, Over a working lifetime, this wage disparity costs the
average American
woman and her family $700,000 to $2 million in lost wages, impacting
Social Security benefits
and pensions; and
WHEREAS, Fair pay equity
policies can be implemented simply and without undue costs
or hardship in both the public and private sectors; and
WHEREAS, Fair pay
strengthens the security of families today and eases future
retirement costs, while enhancing the American economy; and
WHEREAS, Tuesday, April
9, 2013, symbolizes the time in the new year in which the
wages paid to American women catch up to the wages paid to
men from the previous year; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this Senate of the State of the State of
Plantations hereby
proclaims Tuesday, April 9, 2013, as "Equal Pay Day" in the State of
Island; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That this Senate urges all Rhode Islanders to
recognize the full value of
women's skills and significant contributions to the labor
force, and further encourages businesses
to conduct an internal pay evaluation to ensure women
are being paid fairly; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and hereby is
authorized and directed to
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the
Women’s Fund Chief Executive Officer
Marcia Cone.
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LC02344
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