Trump order undoes workplace protections for women — as Ivanka celebrates ‘Equal Pay Day’

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/trump-order-undoes-workplace-protections-for-women-as-ivanka-celebrates-equal-pay-day/



President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week that undoes an order by his predecessor, Barack Obama, that extended workplace protections for women.

The little-noticed March 27 order has come under closer scrutiny Tuesday, which has been designated “Equal Pay Day” — particularly after the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, celebrated fair pay on her Twitter account.

Link to tweet

Obama signed the 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order after a Government Accountability Office investigation four years earlier found companies with workplace violations were being awarded millions in federal contracts.

Trump’s order undoes paycheck transparency and a ban on forced arbitration clauses for sexual harassment, sexual assault or discrimination claims — which helped women workers remain safe on the job.