WASHINGTON–Legislation reversing a Supreme Court decision that severely limited workers' ability to sue their employers on the basis of wage discrimination was passed by the House yesterday and sent to President Obama.
The measure is entitled the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act after the factory worker who brought the case that led to the high court's 2007 decision, which held that she was time-barred from being able to sue for wage discrimination.
Ms. Letter was ruled ineligible to sue because she had not filed her claim within 180 days of “the alleged unlawful employment practice.” She claimed that male coworkers had been paid more for doing the same job that she had performed for years.
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