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Peer reviewedWeeks, Kent M.; Organ, Jerome M. – Journal of Law and Education, 1986
Discusses legal and practical problems which prevent the full implementation of the concept of equal pay for jobs of comparable worth. Reviews legislative history of Title VII, the case of "County of Washington vs. Gunther," and other recent litigation, focusing on the impact of comparable worth on educational institutions. (IW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Comparable Worth, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Download full textCastro, Ida L. – 1998
Issued on the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Equal Pay Act (1963), this report is a historical analysis of the economic trends affecting women workers from the years leading up to passage of the act through the present. It is divided into three time periods to highlight important developments: Part I--The Early Impact of the Equal Pay Act,…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights Legislation, Employed Women, Employment Level
