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Background - Report of the Equal Pay Commission
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| II) Background
The 2004 Maryland General Assembly passed SB 250, Labor and Employment
- Equal Pay Commission, for the purpose of establishing
an Equal Pay Commission to study certain issues relating
to equal pay and to report preliminary and final findings
to the Governor, the Senate and the House. The Commission
was to be staffed by the Department of Labor, Licensing
and Regulation and the bill was to take effect on October 1, 2004.
On May 25, 2004, Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. vetoed Senate Bill
250 for policy reasons, in accordance with Article II, Section
17, of the Maryland Constitution. On January 11, 2005, the
General Assembly overrode the Governor's veto and the bill
became law in accordance with Maryland's Constitution. The
Governor appointed the Commission in November, 2005. The
Commission provided a preliminary report in March 2006 and
is herein submitting its final report on September 30, 2006.
Due to the delays in implementation, the Commission conducted
its work in a ten month timeframe, in nine meetings; as
opposed to a twenty-four month time frame.
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