SENATE, No. 1070

By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1070) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Stephen M. Brewer, Pamela P. Resor and Ellen Story for legislation to further define comparable work. Labor and Workforce Development.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT further defining comparable work

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence of section 105A the following section:—
In any action brought under this section, the comparability of two positions shall be solely based on whether the two positions entail comparable skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions between employees of the opposite sex.