http://www.shopfloor.org/2008/07/24/paycheck-fairness-act-empowering-lawyers-and-bureaucrats/ The National Association of Manufacturers Premier Manufacturing Blog Thu, 4 Dec 2008 21:01:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.shopfloor.org/2008/07/24/paycheck-fairness-act-empowering-lawyers-and-bureaucrats/#comment-5007 connie winebrenner Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:43:56 +0000 http://www.shopfloor.org/?p=7206#comment-5007 In favor of bill but should include language about experience, risk, ability, inflexibility of work schedule, physical strength, effort, race discrimination, education, job performance. In favor of bill but should include language about experience, risk, ability, inflexibility of work schedule, physical strength, effort, race discrimination, education, job performance.

]]> http://www.shopfloor.org/2008/07/24/paycheck-fairness-act-empowering-lawyers-and-bureaucrats/#comment-4654 Webloggin » House Passes Bill Enabling Windfall Profits For Trial Layers, Obama/Dems Receive Bulk of Trial Lawyers Donations: You Do The Math Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:58:58 +0000 http://www.shopfloor.org/?p=7206#comment-4654 [...] by women). As former Chief Labor Department economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth explains, “the bill’s language omits experience, risk, inflexibility of work schedule, or physical strength, ....” (continue [...] [...] by women). As former Chief Labor Department economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth explains, “the bill’s language omits experience, risk, inflexibility of work schedule, or physical strength, ….” (continue [...]

]]> http://www.shopfloor.org/2008/07/24/paycheck-fairness-act-empowering-lawyers-and-bureaucrats/#comment-4596 Nothing Fair About the “Paycheck Fairness Act” | OpenMarket.org Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:14:41 +0000 http://www.shopfloor.org/?p=7206#comment-4596 [...] The Paycheck Fairness Act also rigs the criteria for determining whether pay is discriminatory, by ignoring factors that might provide an innocent explanation for why a male employee is paid more than a female one — like the dangerous and unpleasant nature of the job (most jobs with high-mortality and injury rates, like being a lumberjack, fisherman, cab driver, or coal miner, are overwhelmingly male, while low-risk clerical jobs are performed predominantly by women).   As forner Chief Labor Department economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth explains, “the bill’s language omits experience, risk, inflexibility of work schedule, or physical strength, ....” [...] [...] The Paycheck Fairness Act also rigs the criteria for determining whether pay is discriminatory, by ignoring factors that might provide an innocent explanation for why a male employee is paid more than a female one — like the dangerous and unpleasant nature of the job (most jobs with high-mortality and injury rates, like being a lumberjack, fisherman, cab driver, or coal miner, are overwhelmingly male, while low-risk clerical jobs are performed predominantly by women).   As forner Chief Labor Department economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth explains, “the bill’s language omits experience, risk, inflexibility of work schedule, or physical strength, ….” [...]

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