1 jan 1963 ano - Equal Pay Act

Descrição:

The Equal Pay Act sees the return of government intervention which had stopped after the New Deal. The Act was a federal law prohibiting wage discrimination on the basis of sex. Men and women employed in the same establishment, doing substantially equal work must be paid the same wages.

This was signed by JFK into law and passed by Congress. It enacted as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 which regulates minimum wage, overtime and child labour. This was the first example of such a piece of legislation in American history and was a significant step forwards for both workers rights and specifically womens rights.