Fifty years after the equal pay act : assessing the past, taking stock of the future / National Equal Pay Task Force -- Government wide strategy on advancing pay equality in the federal government / U.S. Office of Personnel Management -- Why do women still earn less than men? / Lawrence H. Leith -- Pay equity : legislative and legal developments / Benjamin Collins and Jody Feder
Summary
Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy signed landmark legislation to guarantee equal pay for women and men performing equal work for the same employer. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was the first in a series of major federal and state laws that had a profound effect on job opportunities and earnings for women over the next half century, and laid the foundation for the movement of women into the paid labor force at unprecedented levels. The term ""pay gap"" refers to the difference in earnings between male and female workers. While the pay gap has narrowed since the 1960s, female workers with
