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What are my rights under the Equal Pay Act?

    The right of employees to be free from discrimination in their compensation is protected
    under several federal laws, including the following enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment
    Opportunity Commission (EEOC): the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
    of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and Title I of the Americans
    with Disabilities Act of 1990.

    The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women be given equal pay for equal work in the
    same establishment. The jobs need not be identical,but they must be substantially equal.
    It is job content, not job titles, that determines whether jobs are substantially equal.

    Specifically, the EPA provides that:

    Employers may not pay unequal wages to men and women who perform jobs
    that require substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility,and that are
    performed under similar working conditions within the same establishment.


    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has enforcement  authority for the
    Equal Pay Act, although plaintiffs are permitted to file suit directly in federal court under
    the EPA and are not required to file a charge with the EEOC to assert a claim under the
    Act.




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