SR 19-009 — Equal Pay Day

SENATEFirst RESOLUTIONRegular 19-009Session BYSeventy-second SENATOR(S)General ZenzingerAssembly andSTATE Gonzales, Bridges, Court, Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg, Fields, Ginal, Lee, Moreno, Rodriguez, Story, Todd, Williams A., Winter, Garcia CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF APRILCOLORADO 2,ENGROSSED 2019,LLS ASNO. "EQUAL PAY DAY" IN COLORADO, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ACKNOWLEDGING THE PERSISTENT PROBLEM OF WAGE DISPARITY.

R19-0673.01 Jessica Wigent x3701 SR19-009 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Zenzingerand Gonzales, Bridges,Court,Danielson,Donovan,Fenberg,Fields,Garcia, Ginal, Lee, Moreno, Rodriguez, Story, Todd, Williams A., Winter Senate Committees SENATE RESOLUTION 19-009 CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF APRIL 2, 2019,AS "E QUAL P AY DAY " IN C OLORADO , AND , IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , ACKNOWLEDGING THE PERSISTENT PROBLEM OF WAGE DISPARITY .

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,Basedonits2018research,theInstituteforWomen's Based on its 2018 research, the Institute for Women's PolicyResearchestimatesthatwomeninColoradowillnotreceiveequal pay until 2057 if progress continues at the same rate it has since 1960;

and g WHEREAS, The wage gap is not onlyonlydiscernible discerniblebysex by sex but also byi race1 andT ethnicity;e 2 N l l Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.

andDouble WHEREAS,underlining Adenotes comparisonSENATE ofamenSmi thep. earnings of women of each racial and ethnic group to the earnings of white men shows that white women in Colorado earn 78 cents for every dollar earned by the average white man,followedbyAsian/PacificIslanderwomenat70cents,blackwomen at 63 cents, Indigenous women at 56 cents, and Latina women at only54 cents;

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by race and ethnicity;

and WHEREAS, A comparison of the earnings of women of each racial and ethnic group to the earnings of white men shows that white women in Colorado earn 78 cents for everydollar earned by the average white man, followed byAsian/Pacific Islander women at 70 cents, black women at 63 cents, Indigenous women at 56 cents, and Latina women at only 54 cents;

and WHEREAS,AlifetimeWHEREAS, A lifetime of lower paymeanspay means women havelessincomehave to save for retirement and less incomeincometosaveforretirementandlessincomecountedinasocialsecurity counted in a social security or pension benefit formula;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,Earningsforbothfemaleandmalefull-timeworkers Earnings for both female and male full-time workers tendtoincreasewithage,thoughearningsincreasemoreslowlyafterage 45 and even decrease after age 55;

and WHEREAS,In2016,amongfull-timeworkersages20to24,womenWHEREAS, In 2016, among full-time workers ages 20 to 24, women were paid 96 percent of what men were paid on a weekly basis, but as workers grow older and progress in their careers, median earnings for womengrowmoreslowlythanmedianearningsformen;fromages25to 54, women aregrow typicallymore paidslowly 78than tomedian 89earnings percentfor ofmen; what men are paid, depending on age;

from ages 25to54,womenaretypicallypaid78to89percentofwhatmenarepaid, depending on age;

and WHEREAS,ThereexistsastrongbusinessandpublicinterestcaseforWHEREAS,Thereexistsastrongbusinessandpublicinterestcase for equal pay for equal work;

and WHEREAS, Closing the pay gap between men and women -2- 009 strengthens the security of families and eases future retirement costs whileenhancingtheColoradoeconomybyraisinggrossdomesticproduct by $9.2 billion;

and PAGE 2-SENATE RESOLUTION 19-009 WHEREAS, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, is the day chosen to symbolize the time of year at which the average wages paid to American womenwomenbegintocatchuptothewagespaidtomenfromthepreviousyear begin to catch up to the wages paid to men from the previous year for the same work;

and WHEREAS, We recognize that the problem of paydisparityimpactspay differentcommunitiesacrossthestatemoresignificantly:Asianwomen'sdisparity dayimpacts ofdifferent equalcommunities payacross wouldthe bestate Marchmore 5;significantly:

whiteAsian women'swomen'sdayofequalpaywouldbeMarch5;whitewomen'sdayofequal daypaywouldbeApril19;blackwomen'sdayof ofequalpaywouldbeAugust equal22; pay would be April 19;

blackIndigenous women's dayofday of equal paywouldpay would be AugustSeptember 22;23;

Indigenouswomen'sdayofequalpaywouldbeSeptember23;andLatinaand women'sLatinawomen'sdayofequalpaywouldbeNovember20;now,therefore, dayBe It Resolved by the Senate of equalthe paySeventy-second wouldGeneral beAssembly Novemberof 20;the State of Colorado:

now, therefore, BeItResolvedbytheSenateoftheSeventy-secondGeneralAssembly of the State of Colorado:

(1) ProclaimProclaimTuesday,April2,2019,tobe"EqualPayDay"inthe Tuesday, April 2, 2019, to be "Equal Pay Day" in the state of Colorado;

and (2) Urge governmental agencies, nonprofit and labor organizations, businesses,andindividualstotakestepstoimplementequal-paypoliciesbusinesses, and individuals to take steps to implement equal-pay policies to help close the pay gap for Colorado's women and minorities.

PAGE 3-SENATE RESOLUTION 19-009 United States secretary of labor Alexander Acosta;

____________________________-3- ____________________________009 Leroy M.

Garcia Cindi L.

Markwell PRESIDENT OF SECRETARY OF THE SENATE THE SENATE PAGE 4-SENATE RESOLUTION 19-009