On Equal Pay Day, Rosen Urges Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act

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Today marks Equal Pay Day, signifying that in order to make as much as the average man in 2017, women worked all of 2017 and through April 10, 2018. For every dollar a man makes on average in Nevada, a woman makes just 81 cents. This adds up to an annual pay gap of thousands of dollars, and that gap is even wider for women of color, especially among Latinas who make an average of 54 cents for every dollar a white man makes. Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (NV-03) is a co-sponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act and a resolution recognizing April 10 as Equal Pay Day.

"The fight to ensure Nevada women can earn equal pay for equal work is far from over, and it's past time for us to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act," said Rosen. "The wage gap hurts our economy because it leaves working women with less money to support themselves and their families. I'll keep advocating for policies that end pay discrimination and give women the equal footing they deserve in the workplace."

BACKGROUND: Equal Pay Day symbolizes the date when women's wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year. The Paycheck Fairness Act, H.R. 1869, which Rosen co-sponsored last year, would strengthen and close loopholes in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by holding employers accountable for discriminatory practices, ending the practice of pay secrecy, easing workers' ability to individually or jointly challenge pay discrimination, and strengthening the available remedies for wronged employees.

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