The Equal Pay Act : fifty years on / Suzanna Cross, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cross, Suzanna, editor.

Series:

Social justice, equality and empowerment.

Social Justice, Equality and Empowerment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Equal Pay Act of 1963.

United States.

Equal pay for equal work--Law and legislation--United States.

Equal pay for equal work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

""THE EQUAL PAY ACT, FIFTY YEARS ON""; ""THE EQUAL PAY ACT, FIFTY YEARS ON""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Fifty Years after the Equal Pay Act: Assessing the Past, Taking Stock of the Future""; ""I. The 50th Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act of 1963""; ""A. Foreword""; ""B. Introduction: The Evolution of Women�s Economic Status between 1963 and 2013""; ""The Equal Pay Act and the Decades of Civil Rights Legal Advances That Followed""; ""Economic and Social Progress, but a Persistent Pay Gap Remains""

""Occupational Segregation and Other Barriers to Equality Remain""""The Pay Gap Narrows, But Not Enough""; ""The Way Forward""; ""C. Five Decades of Equal Pay History""; ""1960�1980: A Time of Social, Political and Economic Transformation for Women""; ""An Overview of the Political Climate and Legislative Developments""; ""Increases in Women�s Labor Force Participation and Educational Attainment""; ""Early Enforcement of the Equal Pay Act""; ""1980�2000: Women Advance in the Emerging Information Age""; ""An Overview of the Social, Economic and Political Climate""

""Soaring Educational Gains and Labor Force Participation Continue Through the End of the 20th Century""""Women�s Labor Force Participation Rates Continue to Increase; Married Women Maintain Participation Rates through Prime Child Bearing and Child Rearing Years""; ""Contribution of Married Women�s Income to Family Income Grows""; ""Wage Gap Narrows Significantly in the 1980s, but Progress Slows during the 1990s""; ""Enforcement Actions""; ""2000�2010: Progress Stalls, Enforcement Efforts Redoubled""; ""An Overview of the Economic Climate""

""Increased Educational Attainment and its Effect on Earnings""""Changes in Labor Force Participation Rates""; ""Contribution of Married Women�s Income to Family Income""; ""Enforcement Actions""; ""II. 2010 and Beyond: Working to Close the Gap""; ""A. 50 Years Later � Not Equal, Not Yet""; ""B. Closing the Gap � The Way Forward""; ""C. Achievements of the National Equal Pay Task Force""; ""D. 2011 � 2013: Establishing the Infrastructure for Improved Equal Pay Enforcement""; ""E. 2013 and Beyond: The Way Forward""; ""Addressing Occupational Segregation""

""Addressing the Overlay of Discrimination Based on Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Compensation""""Addressing Discrimination against Mothers and Caregivers""; ""III. Conclusion: Closing the Gap � What�s at Stake""; ""End Notes""; ""Appendix: Methods Used to Compute New Poverty Rates""; ""Chapter 2: Governmentwide Strategy on Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal Government""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Detailed Report""; ""I. President�s Memorandum""; ""II. OPM�s Request for Information""; ""A. OPM�s Guidance Memorandum""; ""B. Agency Reports""; ""III. OPM�s Data Analysis Process""

""IV. Data Analysis Findings""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 26, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-758-5

OCLC:

900408838