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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 29 - Labor |
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Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Labor |
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Chapter XIV - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
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Part 1620 - The Equal Pay Act |
§ 1620.25 - Equalization of rates.
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§ 1620.25 Equalization of rates.
Under the express terms of the EPA, when a prohibited sex-based wage differential has been proved, an employer can come into compliance only by raising the wage rate of the lower paid sex. The rate-reduction provision of the EPA prohibits an employer from attempting to cure a violation by hiring or transferring employees to perform the previously lower-paid job at the lower rate. Similarly, the departure of the higher paid sex from positions where a violation occurred, leaving only members of the lower paid sex being paid equally among themselves, does not cure the EPA violations.