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 ...

Since 1963, women have been fighting for equal pay. Now, in 2025, women share their stories from working in male-dominated fields.

In addition to sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as amended, prohibits sex discrimination in payment of wages to women and men performing ...

There is also a racial wage gap. Congress didn't take major action to address the gender wage gap until the passage of the Equal Pay Act in 1963, although the "Equal Pay for Equal Work" movement ...