{"id":7270,"date":"2009-01-08T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-congress-must-act-to-protect-victims-of-employment-discrimination\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:58","slug":"merkley-congress-must-act-to-protect-victims-of-employment-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-congress-must-act-to-protect-victims-of-employment-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley: el Congreso debe actuar para proteger a las v\u00edctimas de discriminaci\u00f3n laboral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pressappReleaseBody\" title=\"Cuerpo de liberaci\u00f3n\">\n<div class=\"pressappReleaseBody\" title=\"Cuerpo de liberaci\u00f3n\">\n<p>Washington, DC \u2013 El Senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, firm\u00f3 hoy dos proyectos de ley para garantizar la equidad para quienes enfrentan discriminaci\u00f3n laboral injusta. La Ley de Restauraci\u00f3n del Pago Justo de Lilly Ledbetter y la Ley de Equidad en los Cheques de Pago son los dos primeros proyectos de ley que Merkley copatrocin\u00f3 como Senadora de los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEn un momento en que tantos estadounidenses est\u00e1n sufriendo debido a una recesi\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica, el Congreso debe hacer todo lo posible para asegurarse de que los trabajadores reciban un trato justo. Estos proyectos de ley restablecer\u00e1n el equilibrio en la relaci\u00f3n entre trabajadores y empleadores y garantizar\u00e1n que la discriminaci\u00f3n no quede sin control\u201d, dijo Merkley.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>La Ley de Restauraci\u00f3n del Pago Justo de Lilly Ledbetter es una respuesta a la decisi\u00f3n de la Corte Suprema de 2007&nbsp;<i>Ledbetter contra Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Co.<\/i>. decisi\u00f3n. Si bien un tribunal inferior determin\u00f3 que Lilly Ledbetter hab\u00eda sufrido discriminaci\u00f3n salarial por parte de Goodyear durante a\u00f1os, la Corte Suprema desestim\u00f3 su caso porque no hab\u00eda presentado una demanda dentro de los seis meses posteriores al primer cheque de pago discriminatorio. La legislaci\u00f3n actual restablece la intenci\u00f3n original del Congreso y permite que las v\u00edctimas de discriminaci\u00f3n busquen compensaci\u00f3n incluso si descubren la discriminaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s tarde.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>De manera similar, mientras que el Congreso actu\u00f3 hace d\u00e9cadas para prohibir la discriminaci\u00f3n laboral por motivos de sexo, los tribunales han interpretado posteriormente la ley de manera tan amplia como para incluir un n\u00famero casi ilimitado de factores para las disparidades salariales siempre que no se basen expl\u00edcitamente en el sexo, aceptando t\u00e1citamente disparidades salariales que de hecho se basan en el sexo. En un momento en que las mujeres que trabajan a tiempo completo, todo el a\u00f1o, todav\u00eda ganan solo 78 centavos por cada d\u00f3lar que gana un hombre (y cuando las mujeres son cada vez m\u00e1s el principal sost\u00e9n de muchas familias), es fundamental que la ley sea lo suficientemente fuerte como para abordar los casos claros de discriminaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>La Ley de Equidad en los Cheques de Pago cerrar\u00eda las lagunas que permiten que la discriminaci\u00f3n laboral no se controle mientras mejora los remedios disponibles y proh\u00edbe las represalias por parte de los empleadores.<\/p>\n<p>Se espera que el Congreso vote sobre estos dos proyectos de ley tan pronto como la pr\u00f3xima semana.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUna empresa no deber\u00eda poder salirse con la suya con la discriminaci\u00f3n salarial manteniendo esa discriminaci\u00f3n bien oculta a los empleados, y los tribunales no deber\u00edan mirar hacia otro lado cuando dicha discriminaci\u00f3n claramente ocurre\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cMe enorgullece unirme al esfuerzo para brindar alivio a las v\u00edctimas de la discriminaci\u00f3n y me enorgullece que estos proyectos de ley para ayudar a los trabajadores estadounidenses sean los primeros que copatrocino como senador de Oreg\u00f3n\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &ndash; 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