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USA-1963-L-71995
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Title_of_text
Equal Pay Act 1963 (EPA) (29 U.S.C., Chapter 8 sec. 206(d)).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United States of America
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Adopted on (Date of text)
1963
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The EPA, which is part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (FLSA), and which is administered and enforced by the EEOC, prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1970 (USA-1970-R-96855)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Regulations (29 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter XIV, §1600-1699).
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1938 (USA-1938-L-31148)
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) (29 U.S.C., Chapter 8).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Country
United States of America
URL
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/epa.cfm