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equal pay

noun

  1. the right of a man or woman to receive the same pay as a person of the opposite sex doing the same or similar work for the same or a similar employer


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The first bill President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which called for equal pay among the sexes.

They need things like contraception, health care, and they love to talk about equal pay.

Here we have Abramson setting the tone in the media on equal pay.

But remember: All Republicans support equal pay for equal work!

But in the short run, all the things that women wanted, Equal Rights Amendment, equal pay, he was never opposed to any of those.

Third, the understanding was that if women should be brought into industry, they must be allowed equal pay for equal work.

I'll teach 'em a lesson as to how far they can push this business of shorter hours and equal pay.

I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value.

The popular formula of "equal pay for equal work" or more correctly "equal value," is accepted.

She introduced again the resolution demanding equal pay for equal work without regard to sex.

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equal opportunityequal protection of the laws