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Equal Pay in the United States


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 (EPA) protects individuals of all sexes. All forms of compensation are covered, including salary, overtime pay, bonuses, life insurance, ...

Equal Pay Act of 1963 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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

Gender pay gap in U.S. hasn't changed much in two decades

The gender gap in pay has remained relatively stable in the United States over the past 20 years or so. In 2022, women earned an average of 82% of what men ...

What To Know About the Gender Wage Gap as the Equal Pay Act ...

On June 10, 1963, the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, protecting workers from discrimination, including pay discrimination, on the basis of ...

The Enduring Grip of the Gender Pay Gap - Pew Research Center

The gender pay gap – the difference between the earnings of men and women – has barely closed in the United States in the past two decades.

The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap - AAUW

Over half a century after pay discrimination became illegal in the United States ... STATE WAGE GAP DATA. The gender pay gap occurs across almost all ...

5 Fast Facts: The Gender Wage Gap | U.S. Department of Labor Blog

Estadísticas: En general, a las mujeres no se les paga tanto como a los hombres, incluso trabajando a tiempo completo todo el año. A las mujeres ...

Equal Pay Day: March 12, 2024 - U.S. Census Bureau

The next Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, March 12, 2024. This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.

Equal Pay Act of 1963 - Wikipedia

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 ...

Equal Pay & the Wage Gap Archives - National Women's Law Center

Women in the U.S. who work full time, year round are paid only 83 cents for every dollar paid to men — and for women of color, the wage gap is even larger ...

Women Continue to Struggle for Equal Pay and Representation

While women make up nearly half of the US workforce, they continue to earn less than men and remain underrepresented in management roles.

Over 60 years after Equal Pay Act, why the gender pay gap persists

The Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from paying women less than their male counterparts for the same job. President John F. Kennedy signed The ...

On Anniversary of Equal Pay Act, Signs of Progress and Remaining ...

Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on June 10, 1963, this historic legislation recognized that women's work—and their fair and equal ...

Roundup: US employer resources on states' recent equal pay laws

The federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 requires that men and women in the same workplace receive equal pay for equal work.

Honoring 60 Years of the Equal Pay Act and Advancing Pay Equity

Today is the 60th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, a law that laid the foundation to ensure that workers in this country receive equal pay for equal ...

Gender wage gap persists in 2023: Women are paid roughly 22 ...

The date represents how far into 2024 women would have to work on top of the hours they worked in 2023 simply to match what men were paid in ...

The Gender Pay Gap - AAUW

Women working full time in the US are paid 84% of what men earn. At the current rate of change, we won't achieve pay equality until 2088.

Understand the Basics - Obama White House

Equal pay is a family issue. Women make up nearly half of the U.S. labor force and are a growing number of breadwinners in their families.

International Equal Pay Day - the United Nations

Across all regions, women are paid less than men, with the gender pay gap estimated at around 20 per cent globally. Gender equality and the ...


Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection

Book by Debora Spar

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a federal agency that was established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination.

Equal Pay Act of 1963

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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. It was signed into law on June 10, 1963, by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program. In passing the bill, Congress stated that sex discrimination: depresses wages and living standards for employees necessary for their health and efficiency; prevents the maximum utilization of the available labor resources; tends to cause labor disputes, thereby burdening, affecting, and obstructing commerce; burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; and constitutes an unfair method of competition.

Equal Pay Day

Equal Pay Day is the symbolic day dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap. In the United States, this date symbolizes how far into the year the average median woman must work in order to have earned what the average median man had earned the entire previous year.

Around the World in Eighty Days

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Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 set by his friends at the Reform Club.

Equal Pay Act 1970

The Equal Pay Act 1970 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that prohibited any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment.