What's happening
This bill requires state contractors to disclose gender wage disparities and gives extra scoring credit to those with smaller disparities.
Why it matters
Increased transparency for job seekers and the public. By requiring state contractors to publicly disclose average wages for men and women by job title, the bill makes pay equity data more accessible, potentially informing job seekers’ choices and putting public pressure on employers with larger disparities.
Potential incentive for employers to close wage gaps. Since contractors with smaller gender wage disparities (10% or less) receive extra credit in the contract selection process, companies may be motivated to proactively address and reduce pay inequities to stay competitive for state contracts.
Data collection and public reporting. The compilation and annual publication of gender wage disparity data by job title on a state website not only supports accountability but also provides a valuable resource for researchers, advocates, and policymakers to monitor trends and target further interventions.
Customized scoring by agency. The bill gives each state agency discretion over how much weight to give the wage equity “extra credit” in scoring bids, allowing flexibility but also potentially leading to variation in how strongly equity is prioritized in different agencies.
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Disclose Gender Pay Gaps
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History
- Referred to governmental operations
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STATE OF NEW YORK
731
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the disclosure and consideration of gender wage disparity in the awarding of state contracts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 148 to read as follows:
§ 148. Disclosure of gender wage disparity data by state contractors. 1. All contract solicitations including but not limited to, invitations for bids, requests for proposals, requests for applications and requests for qualifications for contracts shall require that all offerors seeking state contracts shall disclose the average weekly wage paid to men and women by job title or position. Such disclosure shall include the percentage of any gender wage disparity within each job title or position.
2. Prior to May thirty-first of each year, each state agency in receipt of the information required pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be responsible for providing the office of general services with the compiled data for every offeror seeking a state contract, whether or not such offeror was awarded the contract, for the prior calendar year. The office of general services shall compile and aggregate the data received by agencies pursuant to subdivision one of this section and shall provide data on the percentage of gender wage disparity by job title or position on its website.
§ 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 163-c to read as follows:
§ 163-c. Consideration of gender wage disparity in procurement of services and commodities. In making an award of contracts, as part of
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the scoring of offers, a state agency shall consider the gender wage disparity disclosure provided pursuant to section one hundred fortyeight of this chapter. Offerors with a gender wage disparity of ten percent or less shall be given extra credit in scoring. The amount or weight of such credit shall be determined by the state agency awarding the contract.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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