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On April 20, Mississippi became the last state in the nation to enact an equal pay law, when Gov. Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

An historic pay equity settlement, the first under the new Equal Pay Act, has been overwhelmingly approved by DHB administration and clerical workers

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Francis A. Wilson is a lawyer at Jackson Lewis law firm in Denver. Francis defends businesses against a variety of employment claims, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, Equal Pay Act violations, restrictive covenant violations and more.

For the past three years, Mississippi was the only state in the U.S. with no bill prohibiting gender-based pay discrimination. This changed on April 20, 2022, when Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 770, the Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, into law.

Even in the 72-day period when there were 60 democrats, we did have 60 votes to overcome the filibuster. do i think there should be a filibuster anymore? no. did i then think the it was important, to protect womens rights and all kinds of other things after newt gangrene shot to destroy the country? i supported it at that time. its very easy to say, wouldve, shouldve, couldve, why didnt we. the fact is, the first bill that obama signed into law was the -- equal pay act. we were on to womens issu...

On April 20, 2022, Mississippi became the last state in the nation to enact an equal pay law, when Governor Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Equal…

On April 20, 2022, Mississippi became the last state in the nation to enact an equal pay law, when Governor Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act ("Mississippi Act" or "the Act").