H-8225

   Amend the amendment, H-8224, to House File 2455 as follows:
   1.  By striking page 1, line 1, through page 6, line 2, and inserting: 
   <Amend House File 2455 as follows:
   ___.  Page 17, after line 10 by inserting: 
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS - EQUAL PAY TASK FORCE AND REPORT

   Sec. ___.  EQUAL PAY.
   1.  An equal pay task force is created. The task force shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor.
   2.  The task force shall study wage discrepancies within public and private employment and between public and private employers.
   3.  The task force shall submit a report regarding its findings and its recommendations regarding potential actions for the elimination and prevention of such discrepancies to the governor and the general assembly no later than December 22, 2017.
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS —— WAGE DISCRIMINATION

   Sec. ___.  ADDITIONAL UNFAIR OR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE —— WAGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT.
   1.  As stated in chapter 216, the general assembly finds that the practice of discriminating against any employee because of the age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, or disability of such employee by paying wages to such employee at a rate less than the rate paid to other employees does all of the following:
   a.  Unjustly discriminates against the person receiving the lesser rate.
   b.  Leads to low employee morale, high turnover, and frequent labor unrest.
   c.  Discourages employees paid at lesser wage rates from training for higher level jobs.
   d.  Curtails employment opportunities, decreases employees’ mobility, and increases labor costs.
   e.  Impairs purchasing power and threatens the maintenance of an adequate standard of living by such employees and their families.
   f.  Prevents optimum utilization of the state’s available labor resources.
   g.  Threatens the well-being of citizens of this state and adversely affects the general welfare.
   2.  As stated in section 216.6A, it remains unfair or discriminatory practice for any employer or agent of any employer to discriminate against any employee because of the age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, or disability of such employee by paying wages to such employee at a rate less than the rate paid to other employees who are employed within the same establishment for equal work on jobs, the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions. As also stated in section 216.6A, an employer or agent of an employer who is paying wages to an employee at a rate less than the rate paid to other employees in violation of this section shall not remedy the violation by reducing the wage rate of any employee.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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