On June 11, 2019, Governor Kay Ivey signed Alabama House Bill 225, making Alabama the 49th state to adopt equal pay legislation. The act prohibits an employer from paying an employee a lower wage rate than an employee of another race or sex for equal work in the same establishment, where job performance requires "equal skill, effort, education, experience, and responsibility" and occurs "under similar working conditions." Details on the new law are in our recent article " Will Alabama Governor Sign Pay Equity Legislation?"
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