LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Governor Pete Ricketts has signed a bill that would extend Nebraska's equal-pay law to businesses with two or more employees.
The measure approved Wednesday replaces the previous law which only applied to employers with 15 or more workers. The law prohibits wage discrimination based on sex.
The measure is a combination of proposals from the Business and Labor Committee and Senators Heath Mello and Tanya Cook, who are both from Omaha.
Opponents questioned whether employers still pay women less than men in 2016. Several senators responded that women continue to be paid less than men. The bill is LB83.
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