Female members of Congress recognized "Equal Pay Day" Tuesday by calling attention to the gender wage gap across the country. The deputy director of the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) said the pay disparity is a big problem in Nevada, too.

Equal Pay Day, marked on April 4 this year, was created as a way to highlight the wage disparities between the genders. It symbolizes the day when women catch up with what male workers earned in 2016.

California Governor Jerry Brown signed the Fair Pay Act into law Tuesday, creating what is considered to be the strongest equal pay legislation in the country. 

Female workers in California are getting new tools to challenge gender-based wage gaps under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Lawmakers will review a Republican-backed bill seeking to reduce Nevada's wage gap between men and women. The Senate Committee on Judiciary will hold a hearing on Republican-sponsored Senate Bill 167 on Monday.

State Senator Pat Spearman plans to introduce a bill on Tuesday, aimed at shrinking the wage gap between men and women in Nevada.

President Barack Obama has signed executive orders making it easier for employees of federal contractors to get information about wages.