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By DMUAdmin Loretta Weinberg News & Releases

07 Jun: Weinberg Statement On Pay Equity Bills Approved In Labor Committee

TRENTON – Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, issued the following statement today after the Senate Labor Committee approved a package of bills she sponsored to advance pay equity in the Garden State:

“Taken as a whole, the bills approved in Committee today create an environment in which men and women are more likely to be paid an equal wage for an equal day’s work. The bills expand wage transparency, educate employees of their right to equitable treatment, and ensure that valid claims of pay discrimination aren’t tossed out as a result of a technicality.

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By DMUAdmin Linda Greenstein News & Releases

07 Jun: Greenstein Statement On Pay Equity Bills Approved In Labor Committee

TRENTON – Senator Linda Greenstein, D-Middlesex and Mercer, issued the following statement today after the Senate Labor Committee approved a package of bills she sponsored to advance pay equity in the Garden State:

“With women making up 47 percent of the State’s workforce, we simply have to do a better job in ensuring equal pay for equal work. While New Jersey traditionally does better than most states in terms the disparity between what men and women earn, we cannot be fully satisfied until all people are guaranteed fair and equitable pay.

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By DMUAdmin News & Releases Steve Sweeney

07 Jun: Sweeney Statement On Pay Equity Bills Approved In Labor Committee

TRENTON – Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem, issued the following statement today after the Senate Labor Committee approved a package of bills he sponsored to advance pay equity in the Garden State:

“At a time when working families are struggling to make ends meet, and more and more women are contributing to their family’s bottom line – and in many instances, are the primary wage earners in their families – we have to ensure that every person in New Jersey gets paid a fair wage for equal work. This is a matter of fundamental fairness to our State’s working class.

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