2013 Senate Bill 296

Mandate “comparable worth” pay

Introduced in the Senate

April 10, 2013

Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-18)

To mandate that employers provide to employees wage information on "similarly situated employees," meaning employees who are within the same job classification or whose duties are comparable in skill, effort, responsibility, working conditions, and training. The bill is part of a package that would mandate “comparable worth” pay and create a government “commission on pay equity” to give authoritative opinions on relative compensation levels. See also Senate Bills 297 to 299.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations