THE EQUAL PAY ACT 1970 ( introduting with the act of 1963)

The Equal Pay Act of 1963

It was plubished on the 10'June of 1963 is a United States federal law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act aimed at abolishing wage differentials based on sex. In passing the bill, Congress denounces sex discrimination for the following reasons:
->It depresses wages and living standards for employees necessary for their health and efficiency;
->it prevents the maximum utilization of the available labor resources;
->it tends to cause labor disputes, thereby burdening, affecting, and obstructing commerce;
->it burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce;
->it constitutes an unfair method of competition.

The Equal Pay Act of 1970

Is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which prohibits any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. It came on 29 December 1975.

The term pay is interpreted in a broad sense to include, on top of wages, things like holidays, pension rights, company perks and some kinds of bonus. The legislation has been amended on a number of recent occasions to incorporate a simplified approach under European Union law that is common to all member states.

An employee that claim under this Act must prove:

->That the work done by the claimant is the same, or broadly the same, as the other employee;
->that the work done by the claimant is of equal value to that of the other employee;
->that the work done by the claimant is rated (by a job evaluation study) the same as that of the other employee;
->once the employee has established that they are employed on 'equal work' with their comparator then they are entitled to 'equal pay' unless the employer proves that the difference in pay is genuinely due to a material factor which is not the difference in gender.

The single status:

In 1997, trades unions made a Single Status job evaluation, hoping that this would enforce the Equal Pay Act. Single Status was intended to establish whether jobs were of equal value, and bring in a pay model which would remove the need for equal pay claims. Jobs which had previously been classed as manual or administrative/clerical would be brought together under one payscale and one set of terms and conditions. As of March 2008, however, Single Status has resulted in industrial action in Coventry and Birmingham, with Wolverhampton considering it. Trade union Unison has declared Single Status unfit for the purpose of equal pay.