The Equal Pay Act, which passed into law in the United States in 1963, requires that employers provide female and male employees an equal amount of pay when both perform the same jobs. When a female worker on a job alleges a violation of the act, she must prove that (a) her work was “equal”
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a five-member commission appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. The EEOC was created by Congress to be the primary enforcement mechanism of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Title VII prohibits discrimination in hiring, terms or conditions of employment
The Equal Pay Act (EPA) was instituted in 1963 and was intended to prevent sex discrimination in wages. It is part of a larger architecture of fairness in wages known as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This entry will not cover FLSA, but good reviews of FLSA by Cristina Banks and Lisa Cohen, as