More than six decades after the U.S. banned gender-based pay discrimination, American employers continue to pay women less than men. The Equal Pay Act, a federal law prohibiting pay discrimination ...

But Ledbetter and other advocates have long campaigned for the more comprehensive Paycheck Fairness Act, which would strengthen the Equal ... drawing a link between workplace sexual harassment and ...

But Ledbetter and other advocates have long campaigned for the more comprehensive Paycheck Fairness Act, which would strengthen the Equal ... drawing a link between workplace sexual harassment and ...

“She was surrounded by her family and loved ones,” Ledbetter’s family shared in a statement after her death, according to CNN. “Our mother lived an extraordinary life.” Although ...

The Equal Pay Act, a federal law prohibiting pay discrimination, was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on June 10, 1963, addressing what he called the "unconscionable practice of paying ...