Policy Priority
Act to Establish Pay Equity (H. 3183 and S.514)
These sister bills would make pay discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender identity, age, national origin or disability illegal in South Carolina.
Current laws addressing pay have not adapted for the realities of the modern workplace, and the systems we have in place perpetuate unconscious bias. South Carolina needs to pass a robust pay equity bill that ensures that employee pay is based on factors such as skill, effort, and responsibility; bans the use of salary history; and provides pay transparency without retaliation.