what impact did the lily ledbetter fair pay act have 
the lily ledbetter fair pay act allowed women and other people being discriminated against to dispute pay disparities from any period of their career they could contest their current salary based on their starting salary from eight years ago on the basis that their starting salary was discriminatorily low the impact is that it allows people to contest their salary for discriminatory reasons at any point in their career instead of within a certain time period as was the law before did lily ledbetter receive backpay in her first trial against goodyear the judge ruled in her favor and awarded her backpay as well as the cost of compensatory and punitive damages however goodyear appealed the case because she had not filed a complaint within 180 days and won 14was the lily ledbetter fair pay act effective policies like the lily ledbetter fair pay act can help narrow the gender pay gap however discrimination still exists indicating that more action may be needed the bottom linethe lily ledbetter fair pay act is just one of the many advances made to prevent people from getting paid less because of their age religion national origin race sex or a disability but there is still a way to go discriminatory pay gaps still exist the lily ledbetter fair pay act serves as one of the protections that those who are discriminated against can rely on to help equalize their pay 