April 8 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama signed two executive actions today designed to shed light on the pay practices of federal contractors, which he said will help eliminate salary disparities between men and women.
"Our job's not finished yet," Obama said to a predominantly female audience in the East Room of the White House. "America should be a level playing field, a fair race for everybody."
The first order prohibits federal contractors from retaliating against employees for discussing their pay. The president also directed the Labor Department to draft rules requiring contractors to provide the government with pay data by sex and race.
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