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Council Members Komives and Harper
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Enacting a new Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 768, Pay Equity Act to Prohibit the Inquiry and Use of Salary History in Hiring Practices in the City of Toledo.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Women in the United States are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to men, losing out on a combined total of more than $840 billion annually. Among women who hold full-time, year round jobs in the United States, African American women are typically paid 63 cents, Hispanic women are paid 54 cents, and Asian women are paid 85 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. Studies show that basing a worker's salary offer on a wage from a previous job can perpetuate the current wage inequity. Toledo City Council has determined that in order to reduce pay inequity for all, wages should be based on job responsibilities and level of experience of the applicant rather than wages earned from prior employment.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That a new Chapter 768 of the Toledo Municipal Code is hereby enacted as follows:
Chapter 768. Pay Equity Act.
768.01 Definitions.
(a) For the purposes of this chapter, words and phrases shall have their ordinary meaning unless defined here.
(b) "Applicant" means any person applying for Employment to be performed within the geographic boundaries of the City of Toledo, and whose application, in whole or in part, will be solicited, received, processed, or considered in the City of Toledo, regardless of whether the applicant is interviewed.
(c) "Employer" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, firm, partnership, labor organization, voluntary association, joint stock association, and any public corporation, or an agent thereof, located within the City of Toledo and using the services of fifteen or more employees for pay within the City of Toledo. "Employer" includes job placement and referral agenci...
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