Although the Equal Pay Act has been on the books since 1963, it is only recently that issue of pay disparity between men and women has gained national traction, with new initiatives to give teeth to the requirement that men and women receive equal pay for equal work.
President Obama has made pay equity one of the hallmarks of his administration by signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, establishing the National Equal Pay Task Force, and championing the fight for all employees to receive equal pay for equal work. States throughout the country have followed suit, enacting sweeping pay equity legislation in the past few years. And, on Sept. 29, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finally approved changes to the Employer Information Report, commonly known as the EEO-1, which for the first time will require employers with 100 or more employees to report pay data.
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