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Combating Pay Discrimination in the Workplace


The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap - AAUW

AAUW believes that pay equity and equal employment opportunity are matters of simple fairness. AAUW is a leader in the fight to end wage discrimination and open ...

Addressing the gender pay gap: Understanding and combating ...

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 requires employers provide men and women in the same workplace equal pay for equal work and Title VII of the Civil ...

How To Prove Pay Discrimination in the United States

By collecting data, comparing pay rates, checking for discrimination, documenting evidence, and filing a complaint, you can hold your employer accountable and ...

Women Continue to Struggle for Equal Pay and Representation

... work experience—helped explain a small portion of the pay gap. The ... Combat Discrimination. Wednesday, July 26, 2023. On this day, 75 ...

Understand the Basics - Obama White House

Despite passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which requires that men and women in the same work place be given equal pay for equal work, the "gender gap" in ...

The Influence of Employment Discrimination on Health Disparities

Advocates fighting for women's equal pay should consider the effect that unequal pay has on women's health status, especially on the health of women of color, ...

EPT in the News — Equal Pay Today

The first bill President Obama signed into law after taking office, the groundbreaking Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 corrected the Supreme Court decision ...

State Policy Strategies for Narrowing the Gender Wage Gap

To counter pervasive gender bias, state policymakers in several states have passed laws banning pay secrecy. Pay secrecy prevails when companies ...

Combating pay discrimination in Member States

In most countries collective agreements are the most important mechanisms for wage setting. Social partners can use collective bargaining to uncover pay ...

Pay or Compensation Discrimination - Blanchard & Walker PLLC

Pay discrimination based on an employee's membership in a protected category like race, disability, or sex, is prohibited by anti-discrimination laws. Relevant ...

What is Wage Discrimination? | WNT Legal Resources

Employers cannot pay you less for a discriminatory reason. However, two employees doing the same work might make different salaries for legal reasons like ...

Equal pay | New York State Attorney General - NY.gov

In the workplace, as elsewhere, women are often treated unequally to men. A woman is often paid less for performing the same work that a man does.

Equal Pay Act

Signed by President Kennedy in 1963 as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act, the law mandates equal pay for equal work by forbidding ...

POLICY BRIEF

The Equal Pay Act, passed over a half century ago, prohibits sex-based wage discrimination (U.S. Equal. Employment Opportunity Commission ...

How to advocate for equal pay at your workplace - Empower Work

The fight for equal pay doesn't always look like direct advocacy, but also having open conversations with friends and coworkers that normalize ...

Pay or Compensation Discrimination - The Grubb Law Group

Pay or Compensation Discrimination Pay or compensation discrimination occurs when employees performing similar work ... Fighting for Justice from the Workplace to ...

Equal Pay | American Civil Liberties Union

The ACLU works to end discrimination in the workplace and ensure that all workers—regardless of gender, race, national origin, age, or disability—are able to ...

FACT SHEET: Expanding Opportunity for All: Ensuring Equal Pay for ...

Combating pay discrimination. · Created a National Equal Pay Task Force. · Promoting the Paycheck Fairness Act. · Encouraging State Paid Leave ...

Equal Pay & Opportunities Act

Equal Pay and Opportunities Act prohibits gender pay discrimination and promotes fairness among workers by addressing business practices that contribute to ...

Understanding Pay Equity, The Human Right - Trusaic

It gives employers an opportunity to ensure fairness in pay and prevent workplace discrimination. It also allows employers to minimize risk by identifying ...