Since 1996, the National Committee on Pay Equity has acknowledged Equal Pay Day to bring awareness to the gap between men’s and women’s wages. This year, Equal Pay Day is March 12 — symbolizing how far into the year women must work to be paid what men were paid in the previous year. To help... View Article
On February 26, the House Education and Labor Committee held a markup on the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) (HR 7). The bill, which was first introduced in Congress in 1997 and most recently on January 30, aims to close the gender pay gap by amending the Equal Pay Act. Specifically, the PFA would ban inquiries into job... View Article
Members OnlyThe Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) is an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) which requires that employees in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender. Wage discrimination based on sex is a violation of both the EPA and Title VII of the Civil Rights... View Article