Lilly ledbetter fair pay act of 2009 - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

An act named after plaintiff Lilly Ledbetter of the Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. case which facilitated the process of bringing suit for plaintiffs challenging sex-based pay discrimination by renewing the 180-day statute of limitations each time an employee receives a paycheck. Congress passed this act in 2009 to amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and to overturn the Supreme Court�s holding in Ledbetter, which stipulated that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge begins running on the day pay was first set by an employer.