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Equal Pay and Opportunities Act


Equal Pay & Opportunities Act

Employers cannot seek the wage or salary history of an applicant. An employer may confirm an applicant's salary after the employer negotiates and makes an offer ...

Equal Pay/Compensation Discrimination

The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work. The jobs need not be identical, but they must be ...

Equal Pay for Equal Work - U.S. Department of Labor

The Equal Pay Act of 1963, amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, protects against wage discrimination based on sex. The Equal Pay Act (EPA) protects ...

Equal Pay Act of 1963 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort and ...

WASHINGTON EQUAL PAY AND OPPORTUNITIES ACT - WA.gov

The legislature finds that despite existing equal pay laws, there continues to be a gap in wages and advancement opportunities among workers in Washington, ...

Equal Pay and Opportunities Act - Compensation - UW HR

Equal Pay and Opportunities Act ... The Washington State Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA) seeks to address gaps in wages and advancement opportunities among ...

Equal Pay - Know Your Rights - Obama White House

The Equal Pay Act specifically prohibits paying men and women differently for the same work. All of these statutes are enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment ...

Equal pay for equal work - Wikipedia

Equal pay for equal work is the concept of labour rights that individuals in the same workplace be given equal pay. ... It is most commonly used in the context of ...

The Equal Pay Opportunity Act

The Equal Pay Opportunity Act. A STEP TOWARD FAIR WAGES FOR WOMEN. Page 2. Economic Opportunity Institute. 2. Equal Pay Opportunity Act. DATE IN 2ND YEAR WHEN ...

Equal Pay Act of 1963: Overview, Benefits, and Criticisms

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a US law that prohibits employers from paying different wages to men and women who work under similar conditions.

Pay Equity and State-by-State Laws - Paycor

Equal Pay Act: employers may not pay unequal wages to men and women for doing substantially similar work, unless the wage difference is based ...

Know Your Rights: The Equal Pay Act - AAUW

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) is a federal law that prohibits pay discrimination on the basis of sex.

Equal Pay & Opportunities Act - Washington Hospitality Association

Equal Pay & Opportunities Act. The Washington State Equal Pay and Opportunities Act prohibits gender pay discrimination and promotes fairness among workers by ...

Equal Pay and Your Workplace: What Employers Need to Know

This principle is enshrined in the federal Equal Pay Act and similar state laws. ... Pay equality extends beyond equal pay in any particular work setting ...

Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights Laws and Authorities

This law makes it illegal to pay different wages to men and women if they perform equal work in the same workplace. The law also makes it illegal to retaliate ...

Washington Expands Equal Pay Law To Cover All Protected Classes

The new EPOA amendments expand the EPOA beyond gender, and the law now prohibits pay discrimination based on membership in any protected class.

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 ...

Know Your Rights: Equal Pay Act | Nolo

A federal law, the Equal Pay Act (EPA) of 1963, requires employers to pay men and women equally for doing the same work—equal pay for equal work ...

29 CFR Part 1620 -- The Equal Pay Act - eCFR

The rate of pay must be equal for persons performing equal work on jobs requiring equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working ...

Updates to Washington's Equal Pay Act and Opportunities Act

On March 28, 2024, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Substitute House Bill 1905, broadening the scope of Washington's Equal Pay and ...