On July 30, the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development released H.1773/S.983, an act to establish pay equity, with a recommendation that the bill ought to pass. Also known as the Massachusetts Equal Pay Bill, this legislation was sponsored by Rep. Jay Livingstone, D-Boston, and Sen. Patricia Jehlen, D-Somerville, and co-sponsored by 120 other legislators.Seventy years ago, Massachusetts passed the nation’s first equal pay act.
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