Comparable Worth in the Equal Pay Act

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The Opportunity Structure for Discrimination

“…For example, such disparate treatment may be pursued through firm-internal grievance procedures, which is much less costly than litigation (Westin and Feliu 1988). As Freed andPolsby (1984, p. 1080) write, "Such cases certainly must arise, but as a practical matter they are undoubtedly settled before litigation. "…”

“…But they can be hard to assess. Sometimes it may also be difficult to identify whether two jobs are substantially equal or not and hence whether the Equal Pay Act applies, in which case it may be easier for the employer to pay unequal wages (Freed and Polsby 1984).…”

Legal issues and statistical approaches to reverse pay discrimination in higher education

“…Many of these studies were initiated as a result of legal action filed against the institution on behalf of female faculty. In these cases, plaintiffs looked to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to rectify work situations when they felt that female faculty were being treated unfairly relative to male faculty in terms of their compensation (Freed andPolsby, 1984, p. 1078). Perez-Arrieta, 2005;West, 2000West, , 1994Ransom and Megdal, 1993;Barbezat, 2002).…”