Equal Pay Act Assignment HRM6010 – Total Compensation Submitted by Prapatsorn Ratanasait Presented to October 28‚ 2014 College of Professional Studies Northeastern University Research the Equal Pay Act of 1963: why is it important to know this law when designing the internal alignment piece of your compensation program? The Equal Pay Act (EPA) means men and women receive the same amount of payment for doing the same work‚ which it will be illegal if employers pay women less than men or
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Why has the Equal Pay (and Amendment) Act not resulted in equal pay in the UK? 15th January 2007 WORD COUNT: 1497 1.0 Introduction The Equal Pay Act of 1970 was originally formulated in response to Article 141 of the EU treaty which stated that Each member state shall ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for work of equal value is applied. ’ This piece of legislation‚ which was later amended in 1983‚ was intended to remedy the vast gender pay difference‚
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The debate for equal pay for women is not new‚ for it has gone on for decades. Women and men have fought for women’s rights since 1848. Women have since gained the right to vote‚ Roe vs Wade‚ and in 1963 women earned the right to be paid equally to their male counterparts. Women are supposedly paid equally‚ yet women make 79 cents to every dollar a man makes. While there are many factors that contribute to women being paid less than men; there are also many reasons why we need to help fight to close
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Equal Pay Act There are many laws and regulations that govern how the American work force is compensated. In most cases‚ the laws are set forth to protect the employee against unfair compensation practices. Many of the issues Americans face today are the same issues that existed many years ago. Issues involving labor relations‚ unions‚ and men versus women are many of the same issues we face today involving compensation. The Equal Pay Act is on of great interest to me as it covers compensation
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have the same job descriptions and titles so there should not be differences in their pay. Sue can not quite understand why he received two when she only received one. She has seen him numerous times being tardy for work or calling in sick. She knows she is a better worker and is more efficient. Sue recently took a human resource class at Buffalo State College and she remembers learning about a law regarding equal pay. She can ’t seem to recall the specifics‚ so she is determined to look into it further
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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission MINIMUM WAGE SEC. 206. [Section 6] (d) (1) No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section shall discriminate‚ within any establishment in which such employees are employed‚ between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex in such establishment for equal work on jobs
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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was established to “Make it illegal to pay different wages to men and women if they perform equal work in the same workplace (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). Nevertheless‚ “The law also makes it illegal to retaliate against a person because the person complained about discrimination‚ filed a charge of discrimination‚ or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
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Equal Pay Act of 1963 The Equal Pay Act of 1963 established the requirements that women should receive equal pay for their amount of work. The history of this act was to end gender-based discrimination in labor wages. Throughout history women have been paid less than men even when employed in the same jobs. It was accepted in the U.S that men deserved to earn more money than women‚ even if their work was exactly the same. The mindset was that men were the heads of the households and they are the
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The Equal Pay Act of 1963Throughout history‚ women have been paid less than men have‚ even when employed in identical jobs. It was generally accepted in the United States that men deserved to earn more money than women do‚ even if their work was identical. The contemporary mindset was that men were the heads of the households and therefore were the primary income producer in their families. This‚ of course‚ was not always so. In many homes‚ the head of household and sole breadwinner was a woman‚
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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 stated that all employees are paid equally for equal work and labor without sex discrimination (The Equal Pay Act of 1963‚ para. 2). At first‚ in order to operate the equal pay appropriately‚ evaluating job values should be fairly required. In the usual manner‚ many organizations have started an annual salary system‚ which has difficulty in adopting a fair evaluation of different works. Although a job-based pay‚ which is conducted by fair evaluation of jobs‚ were first introduced
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