At Great Profits, Inc., male custodial staff are called janitors and female custodial staff are called housekeepers. Even though they do the same job, in the same work environment, the male custodial staff earned 50 cents more per hour than the female staff. What federal legislation forbids such a practice?

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The federal legislation that forbids the practice of paying male and female employees differently for the same job is the Equal Pay Act of 1963. This act requires that men and women be given equal pay for equal work in the same establishment. The work does not have to be identical, but it must be substantially equal. It is illegal to pay different wages to men and women if they perform jobs that require substantially the same skill, effort, and responsibility under similar working conditions.
Therefore, the correct answer to the question is:
b. The Equal Pay Act of 1963