HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1004        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1415

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Alice K. Wolf

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act further defining comparable work.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Alice K. Wolf

25th Middlesex

1/19/2011

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/4/2011

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

2/1/2011

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

2/1/2011

Denise Andrews

2nd Franklin

2/2/2011

Patricia D. Jehlen

 

2/1/2011

Gloria L. Fox

7th Suffolk

2/1/2011

Jason M. Lewis

31st Middlesex

1/28/2011

William N. Brownsberger

 

1/25/2011

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/24/2011

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

1/31/2011

Carl M. Sciortino, Jr.

34th Middlesex

1/27/2011

Joyce A. Spiliotis

12th Essex

1/31/2011

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk

2/2/2011

Anne M. Gobi

5th Worcester

2/2/2011

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/3/2011

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

2/4/2011

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

2/3/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1004        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1415

By Ms. Wolf of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1415) of Alice K. Wolf and others for legislation to further define comparable worth in the workplace.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1880 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act further defining comparable work.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 105A of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:— 

In any action brought under this section, the comparability of two positions shall be solely based on whether the two positions entail comparable skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions between employees of the opposite sex.