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Sponsor Testimony on House Bill 115, the Ohio Equal Pay Act — State Representative Juanita Brent

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Sponsor testimony of State Representative Juanita Brent to the Commerce and Labor Committee in support of House Bill 115, the Ohio Equal Pay Act. The testimony states that the bill addresses the reality that women and families across Ohio face, and gives earnings figures for groups of women, including $0.69 for Black women and $0.57 for Latina women. It states that the bill would stop employers from limiting and retaliating against employees that speak about their wages and would require public employers to create a job evaluation system. It also states that the bill would stop employers from requiring or using an employee's prior wages as a criterion during the hiring process without the potential employee's consent.

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               State Representative Juanita Brent
                       22nd House District

              Sponsor Testimony - House Bill 115

Chair Johnson, Vice Chair Manchester, Ranking Member
McNally, and the members of the Commerce and Labor
Committee. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity
to testify today in support of House Bill 115, the Ohio
Equal Pay Act.
This bill is not the first of its kind in Ohio, much less
within this committee. This bill is addressing the reality
that women and families across Ohio face.
Women earn roughly 84 cents for every dollar the
average white man earns. Black women earn $0.69,
Native American women earn $0.59, Pacific Islander &
native women earn $0.66 and Latina women earn $0.57.
This is the reality. These are dollars these women and
their families should have and never received. The Ohio
Pay Act is a bill to establish transparency in the
workplace. Transparency shrinks the gender pay gap.
The Ohio Pay Act:
  • Stops employers from limiting and retaliating
    against employees that speak about their wages.
  • Requires public employers to create a job evaluation
    system to identify and eliminate sex-based wage
    disparities.
  • Stops employers from requiring or using an
    employee’s prior wages as a criterion during the
    hiring process without the potential employee’s
    consent.
I respectfully ask for this committee to support House
Bill 115. I am willing to address any questions you may
have. Thank you.

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