Welcome to the forum thread for "Employment Discrimination Post-Ledbetter," the Justice Talking show for the week of February 4 - 10, 2008.

This past spring, in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that women who sue for pay discrimination must file a claim against their employers within 180 days of the first time the pay disparity occurs, even if the discriminatory treatment continues for years thereafter. Employment rights advocates fear that this procedural hurdle may make it nearly impossible for victims of discrimination to seek redress. Join us for this edition of Justice Talking as we look at sex discrimination in the workplace. We’ll ask what the Ledbetter case will mean for people facing employment discrimination and whether Congress is likely to change the law to make it easier to sue.

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Judy Jarvis
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