Tag Archives: Paycheck Fairness Act

Undermining our girls

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

“True misogynists (and that includes feminists) refuse to see how far women have come. Surveys like the Scouts’, people like Sandberg, and holidays designed to make us look weak don’t empower girls and women. They infantilize us. That’s not equality.” Continue reading →

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In the liberal Washington Post: Paycheck Fairness Act — A flawed approach to job bias

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

The bill seems to want employees to have as much control over a business as the employer has. Continue reading →

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Maddow, Heroine, Tilts at Windmills

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

“This policy would place the burden of proof on employers to show that pay discrepancies are a “business necessity,” rather than requiring plaintiffs to demonstrate that they face discrimination.” Continue reading →

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The PayCheck Fairness Act Is the Wrong Fix

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

“…[W]ould this legislation that is potentially damaging to businesses have been the thing to cause a real societal shift in the way women’s and men’s careers and work are valued? I have a hard time believing that.” Continue reading →

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Paycheck Fairness Act Proponents Are Only Playing Politics

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

“Such as ambiguous standard would encourage businesses to adopt rigid, one-size-fits-all compensation practices. That’s bad news for female workers who want to negotiate more flexible job arrangements.” Continue reading →

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The Case Against the Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted on May 26, 2012 by

“The Paycheck Fairness Act looks like common sense, but instead of helping women it will hurt all workers.” Continue reading →

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‘Paycheck Fairness’ Will Mean a Pay Cut for Men

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

“…[M]en particularly should be warned: Bureaucrats micromanaging compensation standards will mean many male workers should expect a pay cut.” Continue reading →

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Will the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Help Women? (What President Obama and feminist activists don’t want you to know.)

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

No law yet has closed the gender wage gap — not the 1963 Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, not Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, not the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act, not the 1991 amendments to Title VII, not affirmative action, not diversity, not the countless state and local laws and regulations, not the horde of overseers at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission….. Nor will the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act work. Continue reading →

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