30.010: Employment Discrimination Equal Pay Act
Overview
Program Number
30.010
Status
Active
Last Modified
Sept. 21, 2022
Date Posted
Sept. 21, 2022
Objective
The Equal Pay Act (EPA) prohibits an employer from paying unequal wages to men and women who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility, under similar working conditions within the same establishment. The EPA also prohibits retaliation against applicants or employees who oppose compensation practices that discriminate based on sex or who file a discrimination charge, testify, or participate in any way in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under the EPA.
Type of Assistance
N - Investigation of Complaints
Applicant Eligibility
Any aggrieved individual, or any individual, organization, or agency filing on behalf of an aggrieved individual, who has reason to believe that a covered employer has committed an unlawful employment practice within the meaning of the EPA. An employee who believes he or she has been retaliated against for opposing compensation practices that discriminate based on sex or who files a discrimination charge, testifies, or participates in any way in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under the EPA.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Applicants, current employees, or former employees of the named respondent (s) who have been subjected to unlawful compensation practices based on gender by the named respondent (s), and/or who have been subjected to retaliation for filing a charge of discrimination, for opposing gender-based compensation discrimination or participating in an EPA investigation, proceeding, or for litigation.
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Additional Information
Grant Awards
Employment Discrimination Equal Pay Act direct grants
Grant Opportunities