Which law eliminated certain time restrictions for filing pay discrimination lawsuits?

• A. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
• B. Civil Rights Act
• C. Equal Pay Act
• D. Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Answer: (A)

The main idea is how time limits for pay discrimination claims are counted. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 changed when the filing window starts. It resets the statute of limitations with each discriminatory paycheck, instead of starting the clock at the moment the initial pay decision was made. This makes it possible to challenge ongoing pay discrimination by filing after every new discriminatory paycheck, aligning the time limit with the ongoing nature of wage inequities.

Before this act, a claim could be barred because the clock had already run from the first discriminatory act. The Ledbetter Act also clarifies that this reset applies across the major federal anti-discrimination statutes it covers. The other laws listed address discrimination in general or focus on different types of protection, but they don’t establish the paycheck-by-paycheck timing rule.