California Just Became The Best State For Working Women

Not only does California have beautiful mountains, warm year-round weather and gorgeous beaches, now they have the strongest equal pay law in the country according to the Los Angeles Times.
The U.S. Census Bureau states that women working full-time in California are currently paid an average of 84 cents for every dollar a man makes. Governor Jerry Brown seeks to change that inequality by signing a bill called the California Fair Pay Act. This bill intends to allow employees more opportunities to challenge what they may believe to be gender discrimination in the workplace without fear of retaliation from their bosses.
While the federal government has laws in place that bans men and women for being paid differently for the same job, the California Fair Pay Act further extends that rule to “substantially similar work.” This means that if men and women have different job titles, different job locations or other variables, they should still be paid equally. The bill states that if an employer is challenged, the employer will have to prove that the difference in pay is merited by something other than gender.
Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, the author of the new law, states that she is pleased that “[employers are] going to have to value the work equally.”