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PROCLAMATION 673
<br />DESIGNATING THE DAY OF APRIL 4, 2017, AS EQUAL PAY DAY
<br />WHEREAS, more than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act, women, especially minority women,
<br />continue to suffer the consequences of unequal pay; and,
<br />WHEREAS, according to the US Census Bureau, women working full time, year round in 2015 typically earned
<br />21% of what men earned, indicating little change or progress in pay equity; and,
<br />WHEREAS, in 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law, which gives back to employees their
<br />day in court to challenge a pay gap, and now we must pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would amend
<br />the Equal Pay Act by closing loopholes and improving the law's effectiveness; and,
<br />WHEREAS, according to one estimate, college-educated women working full time earn more than a half
<br />million dollars Tess than their male peers do over the course of a lifetime; and
<br />WHEREAS, nearly four in 10 mothers are primary breadwinners in their households, and nearly two-thirds are
<br />primary or significant earners, making pay equity critical to families' economic security; and,
<br />WHEREAS, according to The Fight for Pay Equity. A State Roadmap for Florida, published by AAUW and
<br />updated in September, 2015, median earnings for men in Florida were $40,971 compared to $34,768 for
<br />women — an earnings ratio of just 85%, or 6" out of all states and the District of Columbia; and,
<br />WHEREAS, fair pay strengthens the security of families today and eases future retirement costs while
<br />enhancing the American economy; and
<br />WHEREAS, Tuesday, April 4, 2017, symbolizes the time in 2017 when the wages paid to American women
<br />catch up to the wages paid to men from the previous year.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, INDIAN
<br />RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that the day of April 4, 2017, be designated as Equal Pay Day in Indian River
<br />County and the Board encourages all citizens to recognize the full value of women's skills and contributions to
<br />the labor force and to further encourage businesses to conduct an internal pay evaluation and to ensure
<br />women are being paid fairly and equally.
<br />Adopted this 14th day of March, 2017.
<br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
<br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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