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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see gender pay gap).It was signed into law on June 10, 1963, by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program. [3]
Following the Second World War, trade unions and the legislatures of industrialized countries gradually embraced the principle of equal pay for equal work; one example of this process is the UK's introduction of the Equal Pay Act 1970 in response both to the Treaty of Rome and the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968. In recent years European ...
In the interest of equal pay, some states have laws that ban employers from asking job applicants for prior salary information entirely. For example, Governor Jerry Brown of California passed AB 168, which forbids all California employers, including state and local government employers, from asking for applicants' prior salary information. [14]
While the overall gender pay gap has been narrowing over time — for example, Equal Pay Day in 2005 was April 19, a full five weeks later than this year’s — the very fact that such a gap ...
Pages in category "Equal pay for equal work" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Equal Pay Act 1970; Equal Pay Act of 1963;
For example, women make up 75% of the healthcare and education sectors, which have seen some of the lowest nominal wage increases, according to Bank of America.
Though the Equal Pay Act (EPA) passed in 1963, pay equity issues still exist. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2020, women made 82 cents for every dollar a man earned.
upholding the Selective Service Act of 1948 requiring only men to register for the military draft: Supreme Court of the United States: 1981 Schultz v. Wheaton Glass Co. equal pay for men and women: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: 1970 Stanton v. Stanton: age of majority, with implications for child support: Supreme Court ...