Pay-Equity Fight Quickens Even Without U.S. Cheerleader-in-Chief
- More than 20 states are weighing laws to close gender-pay gap
- New bills ban use of pay history, allow worker pay discussion
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In Anna Moeller’s first job in government, she served as an assistant village manager in the Illinois hamlet of Lake in the Hills. She said Yes to the $40,000 salary she was offered, only to later learn from her boss that if she’d asked for more, she’d have gotten it.
Men typically don’t have that problem, one reason the gender-pay gap persists. It’s compounded by the power of salary history to determine future compensation, and Moeller, now an Illinois state legislator, has introduced legislation to help level the playing field.