The Equal Pay Act was designed to eliminate pay discrimination based solely on sex.

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Signed into law on June 10, 1963, the Equal Pay Act was an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act, eliminating pay differentials based solely on sex. This law does not prohibit the payment of wage differentials based on seniority systems, merit systems that measure earnings by quantity and quality of production, or systems based on any factor other than sex.

The Equal Pay Act Was Designed to Eliminate Pay Discrimination