SENATE DOCKET, NO. 687 FILED ON: 1/12/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 689
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patricia D
. Jehlen
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act further defining comparable work.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Patricia D
. Jehlen
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Second Middlesex
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Alice K. Wolf
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25th Middlesex
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Barbara A. L'Italien
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18th Essex
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Christine E. Canavan
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10th Plymouth
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Martha M. Walz
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8th Suffolk
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Elizabeth A. Malia
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11th Suffolk
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Kay Khan
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11th Middlesex
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Jennifer M. Callahan
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18th Worcester
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Karen E. Spilka
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Second Middlesex and Norfolk
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Ellen Story
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3rd Hampshire
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Susan C. Fargo
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Third Middlesex
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01070 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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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:
S
ECTION
1.
Chapter 149 of
the General Laws, as most recently amended, is hereby further 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 wheth
er the two positions entail comparable skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions between employees of the opposite sex.
