“At a time when women’s rights are under attack in most of our country, New Jersey has become an exciting exception.”
By Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 4-24-2018
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed equal pay legislation into law on April 24. (Photo: @GovMurphy/Twitter)
While recent research shows that the gender wage gap is getting worse for women under 40, New Jersey took a major step forward on Tuesday by enacting the nation’s strongest equal pay legislation.
The strongest equal pay law in the nation being signed right now. A moving movement #EqualPayNJ. Thank you to all of League members for your many years of action and work on this. pic.twitter.com/uGBFL1DyWB
— LWV New Jersey (@LWVNJ) April 24, 2018
