Item B05BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: Wed„ April 18, 2007
Bulk Item: Yes No XX
Division: BOCC
Department: Mayor Di Gennaro, District 4
Staff Contact Person: Tamara Lundstrom
(305 289-6000)
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Proclamation declaring April 24, 2007 as Equal Pay Day in
Monroe County.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Forty years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act and 'Tale VU of the Civil
Rights Act, women and people of color continue to suffer the consequences of inequitable pay
differentials.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACTIAGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
COST TO COUNTY:
BUDGETED: Yes No
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included XX Not Required
DISPOSITION:
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EQUAL PAY DAY
WHEREAS, forty years after the passage of the Anal Pay Act and Title. Va of .
the Civil Rights Act, women and people of color continue to suffer the consequences of
inequitable pay differentials; and
YAWMAS, according to statistics released in 2006 by the U.S. Census Bureau,
year-round, full-time workingwomen in 2005 earned only 77% of the earnings of year-
round, full-time working men, indicating little change nr progress in payequity, and
according to a January, 2002 report released by the General Accounting Ofiice,(the
investigative arm of Congress), women managers in 7 of 10 industries surveyed, actually
lost ground -in closing the wage gap between 1995 and 2000;
WHEREAS, according to an analysis of data in over 300 classifications provided
by the U.S. Department of labor Statistics in 2001, women earnless, in every
occupational classification far which enough data is available, including occupations
dominated by woolen (e.g., cashiers, retail sales, registered nurses and teachers); and
VAMMAS, higher education is not free from wage discrimination according to
a U.S. Department of Education analysis, reporting that, after controlling for rank, age,;-
credantials, Meld of sturdy and other factors, full-time female faculty members cam nearly
9% less than their male counterparts; and over a working lifetime, this wage disparity
costs the average American woman and her family an estimated SM,000 in lost wages,
impacting, Social Security benefits and pensions; and fair pay equity policies can be
implemented simply and without undue costs or hardship in both the public and private
sectors; and
WEIF.1 EAS, fair pay strengthens the security of families today and eases future
retirement costs, while enhancing the American economy; and Tuesday, April 24th
symbolizes the time in 2007 in which the wages paid to American women, catch up to the
wages paid to men from the previous year,
NOW, '1 RFREFORE, We, Monroe County Commissioners, do hereby proclaim -
Tuesday; April 24, 2007-
EQUAL FAY DAY
in Monroe County, State of Florida and urge the citizens of Monroe County, State of -
Florida to recognize the full value of women's skills and significant contributions to tw
labor force, and further encourages businesses to conduct an internal pay evutuatioii to
ensure women are being paid fairly.
IN WITNESS WUMOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused." cAcial
seat of Monroe County, State of Florida to be affixed.
Dated this I e day of April, 2007 a
❑ Di Geonaro, M COEIIIiy'll![R�!Or,'
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