City of Albuquerque - File #: R-13-245

• File #: R-13-245
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 9/16/2013
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/4/2013
• Enactment date: 11/22/2013
• Enactment #: R-2013-124
• Title: Establishing A City Policy Of No Tolerance For Gender Pay Inequality; Directing The Administration To Identify All Areas Of Pay Inequality Based On Gender Occurring In City Of Albuquerque Government And To Prepare A Report To The City Council On The City's Action Plan For Correcting And Preventing Such Inequality; Directing The Administration To Implement A Policy For Requiring Contractors And Vendors Doing Business With The City To Demonstrate Their Compliance With The Federal Equal Pay Act; And Requiring The City's Action Plan To End Pay Inequality On The City's Transparency Website (Benton)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton

Date	Action By	Action	Result
11/22/2013	City Clerk	Published
11/22/2013	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
11/13/2013	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
11/4/2013	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/21/2013	City Council	Accepted Without Recommendation
10/14/2013	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council Without Recommendation	Pass
9/16/2013	City Council	Introduced and Referred
9/16/2013	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTIETH COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. R-13-245 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton


RESOLUTION
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Establishing A City Policy Of No Tolerance For Gender Pay Inequality; Directing The Administration To Identify All Areas Of Pay Inequality Based On Gender Occurring In City Of Albuquerque Government And To Prepare A Report To The City Council On The City's Action Plan For Correcting And Preventing Such Inequality; Directing The Administration To Implement A Policy For Requiring Contractors And Vendors Doing Business With The City To Demonstrate Their Compliance With The Federal Equal Pay Act; And Requiring The City's Action Plan To End Pay Inequality On The City's Transparency Website (Benton)
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ESTABLISHING A CITY POLICY OF NO TOLERANCE FOR GENDER PAY INEQUALITY; DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY ALL AREAS OF PAY INEQUALITY BASED ON GENDER OCCURRING IN CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE GOVERNMENT AND TO PREPARE A REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE CITY'S ACTION PLAN FOR CORRECTING AND PREVENTING SUCH INEQUALITY; DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY FOR REQUIRING CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL EQUAL PAY ACT; AND REQUIRING THE CITY'S ACTION PLAN TO END PAY INEQUALITY ON THE CITY'S TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE.
WHEREAS, despite the adoption of federal laws to prohibit wage discrimination based on gender, wage inequality persists throughout the Country; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor recently announced that the City of Albuquerque has not achieved gender equal pay; and
WHEREAS, though the percentages separating men's and women's wages for similar jobs are not as high in City government as they are in other parts of the State and nation, the disparity still exists in Albuquerque within and outside of City Hall; and
WHEREAS, the City has staffed its Human Rights Office which was established to enforce ci...