Trump Executive Order Removes Protections For Women Workers

In late March with little notice, Trump signed an executive order to revoke the 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order President Obama put in place to ensure that companies with federal contracts comply with 14 labor and civil rights laws.  The 2014 order was an attempt to keep the worst violators from receiving taxpayer dollars

The Fair Pay order was put in place after a 2010 Government Accountability Office investigation showed that companies with rampant violations were being awarded millions in federal contracts.

The new and unwelcome executive order lifts a mandate on federal contractors for paycheck transparency, requiring employers to detail earnings, pay scales, salaries, and other details.

The Fair Pay order Trump overturned was one of the few ways to ensure companies were paying women workers equally to their male colleagues.

According to the Economic Policy Institute's 2016 analysis of federal labor statistics, the median wage for U.S. women is about 16.8 percent less than the median for men — with women making about 83 cents to a man's dollar. 

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-pulls-back-obama-era-protections-women-workers-n741041