Which is why the first bill I signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Act -- Fair Pay Act -- (applause) -- to make it easier for women to demand fairness -- equal pay for equal work.
Class actions involving credit reporting laws, debt collection and federal laws like the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act also can probably proceed, although the rules in this area get a little trickier.
We now have the Civil Rights Act, and in 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed into law by President Obama, against pay discrimination.
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Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- (applause) -- a bill that is not just for women.
This is not going to change, I think the FAIR TAX ACT is the best way for the US to go.
And on February 8, 2013, HUD issued its final disparate-impact rule, codifying the practice as legal under the Fair Housing Act.
When the House voted on the Currency Reform Fair Trade Act in 2010, Ryan was among 79 members who voted against the measure.
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The very first thing he did as President -- the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal work.
For instance, the federal Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status or pregnancy, and handicap.
The lawsuit flips the usual order of things, with landlords complaining that the city has violated the Fair Housing Act, instead of the other way around.
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Complicating the issue is the fact that the Fair Housing Act prohibits landlords from asking tenants to show medical records or inquiring about the nature or severity of disabilities.
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Signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was one of his first acts as President and he has continued to call for additional legislation to equalize pay in the workplace.
The Administration has looked at issues from workplace flexibility to wage inequality, and taken action by passing the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and supporting the passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act.
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Former Vice President and Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale, who helped to write the Fair Housing Act, somehow heard about the case and called Mayor Coleman, a fellow Democrat, to express his concern.
He has declined to state whether he would have supported the Lilly Ledbetter fair pay act, a bill to make challenging unequal pay easier for women, which passed the senate 61-36, but his running mate voted against it.
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That is why my Administration has made the needs of women and girls a priority since day one -- from signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to helping ensure women are represented among tomorrow's top scientists and engineers.
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And that is why the very first bill he signed as President -- the first thing he did -- was sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to make sure women get equal pay for equal work -- (applause) -- first thing he did.
Dr Esther McGuinness from the University of Ulster's School of Law also highlighted that the time taken to deal with grievances - up to two years in some cases - could breach people's rights, under the Human Rights Act, to a fair and timely hearing.
Regardless, President Obama responded by highlighting the first bill he signed in 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which removed the previous 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit when a worker found out later that they had been unfairly discriminated against.
That's why we passed the Fair Pay Act to stop pay discrimination. (Applause.) That's why we appointed people who are actually fulfilling their responsibilities to make sure that the offices and factories and mines workers that clock in each day, that they're actually safe on the job.
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From signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law and creating the White House Council on Women and Girls to combatting sexual assault and promoting women's economic and political empowerment at home and abroad, we have worked to ensure women have the opportunities they need and deserve at every stage of their lives.
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The bankers argue that the affiliate sharing restrictions are plainly preempted by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act.
They suggest the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as a model for this.
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When crafting an internship program, make sure it complies with the U.S. Labor Department's Fair Labor Standards Act, says Joseph H.
This is surely not an outcome sought by those who advocate revising the rules of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
What if we had the right to have inaccurate data corrected (as we do with credit-reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act)?
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Operating as a consumer reporting agency, Social Intelligence Corp. says its social network screening process is compliant with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
In the U.S., President Franklin Roosevelt spearheaded the federal charge for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that was passed in 1938.
Last week, the agency sent letters warning three marketers of mobile apps that provide background checks that they might be violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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