Women would be empowered to negotiate for equal pay, employers would benefit from strong incentives to obey equal pay laws, and federal outreach and enforcement efforts would be strengthened under legislation recently introduced by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).
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The Act would create a training program to help women strengthen their negotiation skills, prohibit employers from retaliating against employees who share salary information, and allow women to sue for punitive damages when their rights under the Equal Pay Act are violated.<.p>