Vice President Biden will hold a Middle Class Task Force event on solutions for families balancing the dual demands of work and caring for family. The Vice President and members of the White House Middle Class Task Force and Council on Women and Girls will announce recommendations from the Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force and discuss the Administration’s ongoing commitment to improving work-family balance for all Americans. The Vice President will be joined by Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes, and Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Jacqueline Berrien. The Vice President will also be joined by Lilly Ledbetter, the namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act signed by President Obama to fight pay discrimination and ensure fundamental fairness to American workers.
The Vice President will be joined by Admiral Allen and NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco.