.Ledbetter's finding that she was making less than her male equivalents for carrying out the very same job at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Alabama led to her legal action, which ultimately failed when the High court regulationed in 2007 that she had actually submitted her grievance far too late. The court reigned that employees have to submit suits within 6 months of 1st acquiring a prejudiced income-- in Ledbetter's instance, it was years just before she found out about the difference with a confidential letter.Two years eventually, previous President Barack Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay For Act, which offered employees the right to file a claim against within 180 times of receiving each discrimination income, not merely the 1st one." Lilly Ledbetter certainly never set out to become a trendsetter or even a somebody. She merely wished to be paid the same as a guy for her effort," Obama stated in a claim Monday. "Lilly performed what numerous Americans just before her have done: establishing her views high for herself and also even higher for her little ones as well as grandchildren.".