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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans were poised to kill legislation Wednesday aimed at removing limits on how long workers can wait before suing their employers for pay discrimination.
The bill is named for Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s plant in Gadsden, Ala., who sued for pay discrimination just before retiring after a 19-year career there. By the time she retired, Ledbetter made $6,500 less than the lowest-paid male supervisor and claimed earlier decisions by her supervisors kept her from making more.
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 last spring to throw out her complaint, saying she had waited too long to sue.
