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May 21, 2019

Sen. Kamala Harris Proposes Penalizing Companies with Gender Pay Gap
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In more news from the 2020 campaign trail, California Senator Kamala
Harris announced her proposal to close the gender pay gap Monday, which
would hold companies liable if they fail to offer equal pay. This is
Senator Harris speaking at a rally Sunday.

Sen. Kamala Harris: "Women, for the same work, for the equal work, on
average, make 80 cents on the dollar. Black women make 61 cents on the
dollar. Latinas make 53 cents on the dollar. And this has got to end."

Under Harris's plan, companies with more than 100 employees would be
required to submit data on staff compensation and could be penalized 1%
of their daily profits for every 1% gap in pay between men and women.
Profits from the fines would be used to invest in paid family and
medical leave.


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