Garland's Digest

on employment discrimination law

Chapter 14 - Equal Pay Act

Overview

14.100 Introduction

14.200 Proving an Equal Pay Act violation

14.300 Employee's prima facie burden

14.400 Employer's burden

14.500 Employee's ultimate burden

14.600 Right to sue

14.700 Relief

14.800 [RESERVED]

14.900 Miscellaneous

 

Detail

14.100 Introduction

             14.110 Statute

             14.120 Regulations

             14.130 Deference to regulations

             14.140 Purpose of Equal Pay Act

             14.150 Comparison to Title VII claims

                          14.151 No disparate impact component

             14.160 Comparison to 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 claims

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14.200 Proving an Equal Pay Act violation

             14.210 Corning Glass burden-shifting framework

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14.300 Employee's prima facie burden

             14.310 In general

             14.320 Establishment (or physical place of business)

             14.330 Unequal pay

                          14.331 Plaintiff can rely on statistical evidence

                          14.332 Denial of opportunity to work overtime

             14.340 Equal work

                          14.341 Existence of "equal work" is jury question

                          14.342 Fungible positions can support a prima facie case

             14.350 Equal skill

             14.360 Equal effort

             14.370 Equal responsibility

             14.380 Similar working conditions

             14.390 Comparison to successors and predecessors

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14.400 Employer's burden

             14.410 In general

             14.420 Seniority system

             14.430 Merit system

             14.440 Quantity or quality of production

             14.450 Factor other than sex

                          14.451 Education

                          14.452 Experience

                          14.453 Salary retention policies

                          14.454 Employer's mistake can constitute a factor other than
                                       sex

                          14.455 Red circle rate as a factor other than sex

                          14.456 Market forces

                          14.457 Wages at former job

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14.500 Employee's ultimate burden

             14.510 Burden shifts back to employee only if affirmative defense
                          established

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14.600 Right to sue

             14.610 Jury trial

             14.620 Statute of limitations

                          14.621 Violation

                          14.622 Willful violation

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14.700 Relief

             14.710 Compensatory damages

             14.720 Liquidated damages

                          14.721 Violation

                          14.722 Willful violation

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14.800 [Reserved]

 

14.900 Miscellaneous

             14.910 Equal Pay Act does not protect elected officials and certain
                          staff members

                          14.911 Statutory authority

                          14.912 Cases addressing statute

                          14.913 Comparison with Title VII and the GERA

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