Contents WAGE GAP THE EQUAL PAY ACT OF 1963 OTHER EQUAL PAY LAWS EFFECTS OF THE EQUAL PAY ACT SOURCES The Equal Pay Act is a labor law that prohibits gender-based wage discrimination in the United States. Signed by President Kennedy in 1963 as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act, the law mandates equal pay for equal work by forbidding employers from paying men and women different wages or benefits for doing jobs that require the same skills and responsibilities.
