House File 2455 H-8225 Amend the amendment, H-8224, to House File 2455 as 1 follows: 2 1. By striking page 1, line 1, through page 6, line 3 2, and inserting: 4 < Amend House File 2455 as follows: 5 ___. Page 17, after line 10 by inserting: 6 DIVISION ___ 7 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS - EQUAL PAY TASK FORCE AND 8 REPORT 9 Sec. ___. EQUAL PAY. 10 1. An equal pay task force is created. The task 11 force shall consist of seven members appointed by the 12 governor. 13 2. The task force shall study wage discrepancies 14 within public and private employment and between public 15 and private employers. 16 3. The task force shall submit a report regarding 17 its findings and its recommendations regarding 18 potential actions for the elimination and prevention 19 of such discrepancies to the governor and the general 20 assembly no later than December 22, 2017. 21 DIVISION ___ 22 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS —— WAGE DISCRIMINATION 23 Sec. ___. ADDITIONAL UNFAIR OR DISCRIMINATORY 24 PRACTICE —— WAGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT. 25 1. As stated in chapter 216, the general assembly 26 finds that the practice of discriminating against any 27 employee because of the age, race, creed, color, sex, 28 sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, 29 religion, or disability of such employee by paying 30 wages to such employee at a rate less than the rate 31 paid to other employees does all of the following: 32 a. Unjustly discriminates against the person 33 receiving the lesser rate. 34 b. Leads to low employee morale, high turnover, and 35 -1- H8224.3621 (2) 86 aw/tw 1/ 2 #1.

frequent labor unrest. 1 c. Discourages employees paid at lesser wage rates 2 from training for higher level jobs. 3 d. Curtails employment opportunities, decreases 4 employees’ mobility, and increases labor costs. 5 e. Impairs purchasing power and threatens the 6 maintenance of an adequate standard of living by such 7 employees and their families. 8 f. Prevents optimum utilization of the state’s 9 available labor resources. 10 g. Threatens the well-being of citizens of this 11 state and adversely affects the general welfare. 12 2. As stated in section 216.6A, it remains 13 unfair or discriminatory practice for any employer 14 or agent of any employer to discriminate against 15 any employee because of the age, race, creed, color, 16 sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national 17 origin, religion, or disability of such employee by 18 paying wages to such employee at a rate less than the 19 rate paid to other employees who are employed within 20 the same establishment for equal work on jobs, the 21 performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and 22 responsibility, and which are performed under similar 23 working conditions. As also stated in section 216.6A, 24 an employer or agent of an employer who is paying wages 25 to an employee at a rate less than the rate paid to 26 other employees in violation of this section shall not 27 remedy the violation by reducing the wage rate of any 28 employee. > 29 2. By renumbering as necessary. 30 ______________________________ FORRISTALL of Pottawattamie -2- H8224.3621 (2) 86 aw/tw 2/ 2 #2.