Res No 141-17-14942RESOLUTION NO. 141-17-14942
A Resolution supporting equal pay protections and directing the
City Manager to implement equal pay policies and procedures.
WHEREAS, a woman in 1963 was paid on average only 59 cents for each dollar paid to
a male counterpart; and
WHEREAS, in 1963, Congress passed and President Kennedy signed the landmark
Equal Pay Act of 1963 (29 U.S.C. 201 note; Public Law 88-38) (referred to in this
preamble as the "Equal Pay Act"), unequivocally affirming that women deserve equal pay
for equal work; and
WHEREAS, the enactment of the Equal Pay Act laid the groundwork for title VII
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) and title IX, which together
vastly expanded opportunities for girls and women at school and work; and
WHEREAS, those pay disparities exist in both the private and the public sectors and the
pay disparities in many cases may be due to continued intentional discrimination or the lingering
effects of past discrimination; and
WHEREAS, unequal pay, hiring and promotion on the basis of gender tell
women and girls that the hard work of the women or girls is not valued equally to that of
male counterparts; and
WHEREAS, unequal pay, hiring and promotion on the basis of gender violate generally
held beliefs regarding equality and fundamental fairness; and
WHEREAS, the material wage gap equals approximately $10,762 less per year in
median earnings for women and their families compared to men; and
WHEREAS, compared to the earnings of White, non-Hispanic men, women on average
face a lifetime wage gap of $430,480, African-American women on average face a lifetime wage
gap of $877,480, and Latinas on average face a lifetime wage gap of $1,007,080; and
WHEREAS, the City of South Miami has made significant commitment to implement
practices ensuring gender wage equality by establishing a formal and structured pay plan; and
WHEREAS, society still frequently associates certain careers paths and jobs with one
gender due to traditional gender biases; and
WHEREAS, women are 50% more likely to work in the public sector; and
WHEREAS, unequal pay and hiring practices on the basis of gender threaten the
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economic security of women and their families while the women are in the workforce and
the retirement security of women after the women have left the workforce; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, there were approximately 66 million women in the labor force-
73 percent of the employed women worked in full-time jobs, while 27 percent worked on a part-
time basis.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA THAT:
Section 1. The City Manager is instructed to continue to develop and enforce
internal policies and procedures to avoid systemic gender pay inequality and continue to
draft a position statement to be included in job po stings and advertisements and
recruitment materials regarding gender neutral efforts in recruitment, hiring and
promotional practices.
Section 2. The City of South Miami supports an end to pay discrimination based
on gender and the strengthening of equal pay protections.
Section 3. Severability. If any section clause, sentence, or phrase of this resolution is for
any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution.
Section 4. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon
adoption by vote of the City Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED thisll. day of-,J::....;:u=l:...LY ___ ' 2017.
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COMMISSION VOTE: 5-0
Mayor Stoddard: Yea
Vice Mayor Welsh: Yea
Commissioner Edmond: Yea
Commissioner Liebman: Yea
Commissioner Harris: Yea
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