By Anarelis Ramirez Introduction The gender wage gap has remained relatively stagnant over the past two decades. 1 In 2002, American women were paid 80 cents for every dollar a man earned. 2 Twenty years later, the gap closed by a mere 2 cents with American women earning 82 cents to every man’s dollar. 3 The wage gaps are exacerbated even…
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Ninth Circuit Rules on Equal Pay
The Ninth Circuit’s recent ruling could be a significant step towards eliminating gender pay discrimination in the workplace. The federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 attempted to eliminate gender wage discrimination by prohibiting employers from paying male employees higher wages than female employees for the same work.1 There were four exceptions to the general rule of…