,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #be1 #bjai,ms4
 ,norton 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,nadler1    
,ms4 ,speier1 and ,ms4 ,de,lauro7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act  
of #aich to prohibit certain practices  
by employers relating to restrictions on
 discussion of employees' and           
prospective employees' salary and       
benefit history1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,pay ,equity for ,all ,act 
of #bjai4  #b4 ,prohibitions relating to
 prospective employees' salary and      
benefit history  7a7 ,in general ,the   
,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich   
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bja et seq47 is amended 
by inserting after section #g the       
following new section3  #h4             
,requirements and prohibitions relating 
to wage1 salary1 and benefit history    

7a7 ,in general ,it shall be an unlawful
 practice for an employer to-- 7#a7 rely
 on the wage history of a prospective   
employee in considering the prospective 
employee for employment1 including      
requiring that a prospective employee's 
prior wages satisfy minimum or maximum  
criteria as a condition of being        
considered for employment2  7#b7 rely on
 the wage history of a prospective      
employee in determining the wages for   
such prospective employee1 except that  
an employer may rely on wage history if 
it is voluntarily provided by a         
prospective employee1 after the employer
 makes an offer of employment with an   
offer of compensation to the prospective
 employee1 to support a wage higher than
 the wage offered by the employer2  7#c7
 seek from a prospective employee or any
 current or former employer the wage    
history of the prospective employee1    
except that an employer may seek to     
confirm prior wage information only     
after an offer of employment with       

compensation has been made to the       
prospective employee and the prospective
 employee responds to the offer by      
providing prior wage information to     
support a wage higher than that offered 
by the employer2 or  7#d7 discharge or  
in any other manner retaliate against   
any employee or prospective employee    
because the employee or prospective     
employee--  7,a7 opposed any act or     
practice made unlawful by this section2 
or  7,b7 took an action for which       
discrimination is forbidden under       
section #ae7;a77#c74  7b7 ,definition   
,in this section1 the term wage history 
means the wages paid to the prospective 
employee by the prospective employee's  
current employer or previous employer4  
4  7b7 ,penalties ,section #af of such  
,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #baf7 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7f7  7#a7 ,any person who  
violates the provisions of section #h   
shall-- 7,a7 be subject to a civil      
penalty of #e1jjj for a first offense1  

increased by an additional #a1jjj for   
each subsequent offense1 not to exceed  
#aj1jjj2 and  7,b7 be liable to each    
employee or prospective employee who was
 the subject of the violation for       
special damages not to exceed #aj1jjj   
plus attorneys' fees1 and shall be      
subject to such injunctive relief as may
 be appropriate4  7#b7 ,an action to    
recover the liability described in      
paragraph 7#a77;,b7 may be maintained   
against any employer 7including a public
 agency7 in any ,federal or ,state court
 of competent jurisdiction by any one or
 more employees or prospective employees
 for and on behalf of--  7,a7 the       
employees or prospective employees2 and 
7,b7 other employees or prospective     
employees similarly situated4  4