infamous court case known as the Ledbetter v. Goodyear case, a 77-year-old woman named Lilly Ledbetter sued Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for paying her below the minimum wage for over 19 years. When Ledbetter first found out about this income discrimination, she was very stunned and said in an interview, “... I thought because Goodyear was a federal contractor they would be following the law. But that turned out not to be the case, and I couldn't find out.” Lilly Ledbetter was in a puzzled state after
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Facts: Lilly Ledbetter worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s in Gadsden, Alabama for nineteen years. For most years, she worked as an area manager, which was one, held primarily by men. In the beginning, Ledbetter’s salary stayed similar with the men whom performed similar work. Throughout time, her pay was less than the males pay whom held equal or lower seniority area manager positions. During 1997, Ledbetter’s salary was approximately fifteen percent lower than the lowest paid male Area
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Lilly Ledbetter was a long-time manager of a Goodyear Tire Company in Gadsden, Alabama from 1979 till 1998. Around the time she was going to retire she discovered that she was making much less than her male counterparts, almost 40% less over her 20 years there. She sued Goodyear and won being rewarded $3,514,417 from the jury, but due to laws restricting how much money a jury could reward, the judge reduced the winnings to $360,000. Goodyear appealed the case and brought it to the 11th Circuit of
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Summary of Law According to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, women in the US are paid 77 cents to every dollar that men are paid (The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, 2009). African-American women on the other hand, earn 64 cents for every dollar, while Latina women earn 55 cents per dollar earned by men. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) was created to require that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, n
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Griggs V. Duke Power On December 14, 1970 in Draper North Carolina thirteen African Americans were represented by Griggs in the first legal law suite of its kind. Duke Powers reserved the good jobs for the white employees. There were extreme differences in wages and jobs. Also, there were standardized tests required to be taken by potential employees or employees who wanted promotions. The courts ruled that the tests did not pertain to applicant’s ability to perform the job. This case was pivotal
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Lilly Ledbetter case. Pay discrimination. Equal pay for equal work. Lilly’s employer short changed her pay, her overtime and her retirement, She was getting 40% less than male co- workers. 2. What laws were responsive (prior law) to the issues involved in the Lilly Ledbetter case? In 1963, John F. Kennedy signed into law pay equity, equal pay for equal work for women and minorities and previous law of Title VII in 1964. 3. How was the Lilly Ledbetter case resolved? Ledbetter lost her
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Lilly Ledbetter was a supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber’s plan in Alabama from 1979 until her retirement in 1998. She was an area manager and initially her starting salary was similar to her male counterparts, however as time went the pay discrepancy between Lilly and 15 male managers was obvious. Lilly Ledbetter was paid $3,727 a month were the lowest paid male area manager was earning $4,286 per month and the highest male was paid $5,236 a difference of approximately $1,500. Lilly’s initiated
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In PHILLIPS v. MARTIN MARIETTA CORP (1971), Mrs. Ida Phillips brought a lawsuit against Martin Marietta Corp for denying employment because of her gender. She too added other allegations such as the company wasn't accepting job application from those women who has pre-school kids, but at the same time men who had pre-school kids were employed and company was accepting their application. As, a result nothing could be proved as the company showed that it was hiring women and men equally in the company
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States v. Virginia, in 1996. In this case, the United States sued Virginia and the Virginia Military Institute, stating that VMI's solely male admission policy violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Ginsburg, a strong advocate of woman's rights, wrote and made it clear that women should be able to obtain the same privileges as men, including being allowed to apply to the Virginia Military Institute. Another case that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a strong opinion on was Ledbetter v. Goodyear
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compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes” or, as it is more commonly known, “The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009” was the inaugural act for President Barack Obama to sign into law. Though the act is a short three pages, the policy and events that led to the creation of the law were contentious and complicated and spanned
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