More than six decades after the U.S. banned gender-based pay ... the National Partnership for Women and Families. "Families, businesses and the economy suffer as a result." The Equal Pay Act ...

accusing them of violating the Equal Pay Act. The current and former teachers are requesting back pay, the lawsuit said. The school district told McClatchy News that it is aware of the lawsuit and ...

Australian women are to be given equal ... pay for work of equal value reflected responsible attitudes in the community. The ACTU is likely to press the Arbitration Commission again for a $12.10 ...

“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 ...

CHICAGO -- Lilly Ledbetter, whose gender pay equity legal fight was the inspiration for the Fair Pay Act of 2009 ... according to the National Committee on Pay Equity and the Equal Pay Today ...

Ledbetter, best known for advocating for equal pay for women ... Bader Ginsburg — fought to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The act makes it easier for victims of pay discrimination ...

“We intend to make equal pay for equal work a reality.” In December 1975, The Equal Pay Act (1970) came into force in the UK. Seven years earlier, a determined group of women laid the ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On this day in 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at eliminating wage ...

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 ... analysis by the National Partnership ...