The bill requires a business that bids for a contract with a governmental body to submit with its bid certification that it is in compliance with state and federal equal pay standards and laws; except that this requirement does not apply to businesses that have 50 or fewer employees. The executive director of the department of personnel, or the executive director's designee (executive director), is required to develop a form for a business to use to certify that it is in compliance with equal pay standards and laws and that, if awarded a contract, it will remain in compliance with such standards and laws throughout the term of the contract. The executive director is required to ensure that the form requires a business to certify certain general information regarding its employees and employment and hiring practices in connection with equal pay laws. A business that is awarded a contract is required to ensure that any subcontractor that it uses to fulfill the terms of the contract is also in compliance with equal pay standards and laws. All businesses that are awarded contracts by a governmental body or that are subcontractors for a business that was awarded a contract by a governmental body are required to keep and maintain certain information related to their employees, broken down into categories by gender, race, ethnicity, and national origin, for the term of the contract with the governmental body. If, after awarding a contract to a business, a governmental body determines that the business knowingly submitted false information on the certification form for equal pay compliance required by the bill, the governmental body is required to terminate the contract.
Year
2016
Current status
- Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/30/2016)