Los Angeles Unequal Pay Attorney

Would it surprise you to learn that women who are in equal positions with the same responsibilities as their male coworkers are paid only, on average, $0.80 on the dollar compared to that male counterpart?

This has been a problem in the United States for far too long.

This is illegal.

The California Equal Pay Act was amended in 2005. The change made stated that an employer cannot pay employees wages that are less than what employees of the opposite sex, performing substantially similar work, are paid.

For example, suppose there are two supervisors at a fast-food restaurant, one male and one female. They both have the same duties and have been on the job for roughly the same amount of time. If the male supervisor is paid $20 an hour, but the female supervisor is paid $15 an hour, the employer is likely breaking the law.

If an employer is paying two workers of the opposite sex with substantially similar duties different pay, they must show that there are non-discriminatory reasons for the pay difference, such as:

• Education differences
• Training differences
• Experiences differences

Gender is not the only factor when it comes to wage disparities. Studies also show that race is a factor in pay differences. Minorities are more likely to make less than their white counterparts in substantially similar jobs, and women of color are the ones who suffer the most from unequal pay disparities. Federal and state law both prohibit discrimination in the workplace based on race and ethnicity, among other things.