I am concerned about the gender wage gap bill being pushed through congress right now. I don't think it will be good for women at all, or anybody for that matter.
Not everybody gets paid the same to do the same work because people have varied levels of experience. So if a business owner hires a female who is less experienced to do work that is "substantially the same", they will be required to pay them the same as their more experienced male counterpart. This will make hiring a less experienced female for the position not very appealing, and so women who have less experience will have a difficult time finding employment. There is nothing barring hiring a less experience male and paying them less, and that is what businesses will do. And it won't be discriminatory against females, it will be a financially sound business decisions and a direct product of your bill. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and I'm afraid you are going to make finding work even more difficult for women when finding work is already difficult enough in these times.
Also consider that the data backing up the 'wage gap' is totally flawed. The real data shows that there are a lot of legitimate reasons why the general wage gap is large and why the true wage gap is probably closer to 2-3% and possibly completely non-existent when considering things like dangers on the job and mortality rates among workers.
Please also consider the following data presented by philosopher Stefan Molyneux:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkwZDRB3tZo
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