The gender wage gap persists, 55 long years after former President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law.

A woman who has worked for New Jersey Transit for more than 40 years has filed a $10 million lawsuit claiming the agency has ...

Sixty years ago, on June 10, 1963, The Equal Pay Act, which prohibited pay discrimination on the basis of sex, was passed. Today, Black, Latina, Indigenous, and trans women still face wage gaps on ...

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is not just a date on the calendar—it’s a receipt marked by exhaustion, resilience, and being ...

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 ...

Even before EPTUSA, the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 provided for equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender. All forms of compensation are covered, including salary, overtime pay ...

In 2010, the ACLU pushed for the Paycheck Fairness Act to get passed, writing in a statement that it was a much-needed enhancement of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which has largely been unenforced ...

As in previous sessions of Congress, Democrats recently reintroduced the perennial Paycheck Fairness Act, which seeks to bolster the Equal Pay Act of 1963 so women can " hold employers accountable." ...

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.

Intentional policy decisions have helped shrink the gender wage gap over time In 1963, when the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, the typical woman working full time, year-round earned just 59 ...

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.

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 ...