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Equal Pay Act of 1963: This federal law prohibits wage discrimination based on sex by requiring equal pay for equal work. It applies to all employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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]
The law directly addressed Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007), a U.S. Supreme Court decision that the statute of limitations for presenting an equal-pay lawsuit begins on the date that the employer makes the initial discriminatory wage decision, not at the date of the most recent paycheck.
The 1961 Equal pay act (#60/1961), [19] 1976 Law for Equality between women and men (#78/1976 [20]), 2008 Act on Equal Status and Equal Rights of Women and Men (#10/2008) and the amendment added to the law in 2017: Law on equal pay certification [21] according to the Equal Pay Standard introduced in 2012 (ÍST 85:2012 [22]) Ireland
While there are federal laws prohibiting wage discrimination based on gender and other protected classifications, most states also have their own pay equity laws on the books. Wieselthier ...
The Biden administration is marking Monday's 15th anniversary of a landmark federal pay equity law with new action to help close gaps in pay for federal employees and employees of federal contractors.
The government of John F. Kennedy introduced the Equal Pay Act of 1963, requiring equal pay for women and men. Lyndon B. Johnson introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1964, finally prohibiting discrimination against people for "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." Slowly, a new generation of equal rights laws spread.
That’s because more states and cities are enacting pay transparency laws, including in Colorado, California, and Rhode Island. Lulu Seikaly is a senior corporate employment attorney at Payscale.