Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Honor
Date Enacted:
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Short Title:
"Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009"
Classification:
42 USC 2000a (note)
PL:
111-2
Statute At Large:
123 Stat 5
Named For?:
Lilly Ledbetter was a manager at a Goodyear plant in Alabama who sued the company for sex discrimination in pay practices. When she lost her case before the Supreme Court, the Congress changed the law to increase the time workers have to sue their employers for pay discrimination.
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
short title