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* The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act eliminates deadlines for employees to file pay discrimination charges.
* By early March, discrimination claims filed with the EEOC jumped 15 percent from 82,792 in 2007 to 95,402 in fiscal 2008.
* A separate bill, the Paycheck Fairness Act, is also expected to be signed into law this year.
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As if employers don't have enough to worry about in these unprecedented economic times, they are suddenly exposed to new risks arising from pay discrimination claims. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act--the first bill signed into law by President Barack Obama--and such looming legislation as the Paycheck Fairness Act, which is expected to be enacted later this...
