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It is illegal for an employer to pay a woman less than a man for equal work because of her gender. Only NBC assigned a reporter to cover the Supreme Court decision about the rules under which a female worker can file a lawsuit for equity. ABC mentioned the ruling in passing, CBS not at all.
Pete Williams explained the Court's definition of the 180-day window of eligibility. The crux was when does the discrimination happen: "That clock starts ticking when an employer decides how much to pay" not "each time a paycheck is written." The vote was a close one, 5-4, and Williams decided to give more prominence to the losing side than the winning one because Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg "took the unusual step of announcing her dissent in the courtroom." Bader Ginsburg urged Congress to amend the law. She argued that 180 days is often too little time for a woman to be aware that she has been shafted: "Employers often keep salaries secret and it can take years for workers to realize that discrimination is keeping their pay lower."
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