SOONER THE LEDBETTER
In January of 2009, newly elected President Barack Obama signed his first piece of legislation into law. The Lilly Ledbetter Act amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Ledbetter states that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new paycheck affected by that discriminatory action. This was enacted as a direct result of a United States Supreme Court ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U…
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