COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Two Democratic state lawmakers in Ohio are proposing an equal pay hotline that they say could help fight wage discrimination.
State Reps. Kent Smith, of Euclid, and Janine Boyd, of Cleveland Heights, introduced legislation Tuesday establishing the hotline.
Their bill would establish a toll-free number where workers could anonymously report instances of alleged wage discrimination. The phone line would also provide information to workers on whether they could be victims of pay discrimination.
The bill is unlikely to get far in the Republican-dominated state Legislature, where Democrats have long pushed measures to close the pay gap between men and women.
A 2016 study by the American Association of University Women found Ohio had one of the nation’s biggest gender wage gaps, ranking 42nd nationally in pay equity.
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