Download or read book Fifty Years After the Equal Pay Act written by National Equal Pay Task Force and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Equal Pay Act established a basic labor standard requiring employers to pay women and men the same wages when performing jobs that are equal, or substantially equal, in content. It was the first national labor standard to address a widespread practice of paying women less simply because they were women, and it laid the foundation for future workforce policies. Other important legislation and policies soon followed, which helped broaden employment opportunities for women and strengthened their ability to challenge unlawful discrimination.