equal pay for equal work began on june 19, 1944.
equal pay for equal work began on june 19, 1944.
when did equal pay for equal work begin?
june 19, 1944
the equal pay act of 1963 was passed to amend the flsa and make it illegal to pay some workers lower wages than others strictly on the basis on their sex. it is often summed up with the phrase "equal pay for equal work." the equal pay act allows unequal pay for equal work only when the employer sets wages pursuant to a seniority system, a merit system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production or other factors outside of sex. for the first nine years of the epa, the requirement of equal pay for equal work did not extend to persons employed in an executive, administrative or professional capacity, or as an outside salesperson. therefore, the epa exempted white-collar women from the protection of equal pay for equal work. in 1972, congress enacted the education amendments of 1972, which amended the flsa to expand the coverage of the epa to these employees, by excluding the epa from the professional workers exemption of the flsa.
fair labor standards act of 1938
some countries now in the eu, including france, germany, and poland, had already enshrined the principle of equal pay for equal work in their constitutions before the foundation of the eu (see table below). when the european economic community, later the european union (eu), was founded in 1957, the principle of equal pay for equal work was named as a key principle. article 141 of the treaty of rome says 'each member state shall ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied.' while socially progressive, this decision does not necessarily indicate widespread progressive attitudes among the signatories to the treaty:
equal pay for equal work