The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States federal law put in place to have men and women get paid equally not taking into consideration what the person gender is. To name a few of what both employees of the different sex will have equal will be bonuses, vacation, and holiday pay, salary and other benefits. John F. Kennedy is the president to sign off on this law on June 10, 1963. In 1943, men started to fear women getting paid less than they were. Men thought since women got paid less that they would replace them in the work field because of pay minimum wage. Once men left for the military women started to take on jobs that men would 've had. Right, when men back from the army they got their jobs back, and the women got pushed off to the side and went back to being a housewife. Most women did not want to go back to being a housewife, so they looked for jobs that they were allowed to have. Women were given jobs that men thought were "appropriate" for women. After that woman had been paid less than men for a while and they were not fond of that. They fought hard and vigorous for something they felt secure on and finally succeeded. This law protects employees because it does not allow people to discriminate them by their gender when it comes to getting paid for work. It allows people to work and not feel as if they were taken advantage of. For instance, when I start my career I expect to be paid the same as if I was a guy. If I weren 't paid the same, I would not take work as serious. Having a workplace judge me because of my sex is outrageous it 's not as if I got to choose which gender I would be when my mom gave birth to me.
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Regents of the University of California. Three former students who attend the University of California ( Arezou Mansourian, Lauren Mancuso, Nancy Chiang, and Christine Ng) were on the wrestling team. They sued their university for not providing them with equal pay, opportunities, and sex discrimination. Mansourian and Mancuso spoke out how women were being denied opportunities and scholarships at the university. Mansourian enrolled for UC-Davis in Fall 2000, and as she was starting out with wrestling, the school decided that they were not going to receive other benefits given to male varsity wrestlers. This brutal decision stuck throughout the fall and the winter. Some women didn 't approve of this with this, so they filed a complaint in spring of 2001 against the University of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. In June 2001, the University did not want to renew the women wrestling coach’s contract. Mancuso enrolled for UC-Davis in fall 2001, all three students completed their paperwork to be eligible to wrestle that semester. Women were only allowed to participate on the team if they defeated their opponent which was a male. Most women lost the matches and were kicked off of the team. On February 16, 2012, they have finally reached a consensus to settle. The University had to give the plaintiff 1.3 million dollars mostly for the fees and cost of the extended period
Regents of the University of California. Three former students who attend the University of California ( Arezou Mansourian, Lauren Mancuso, Nancy Chiang, and Christine Ng) were on the wrestling team. They sued their university for not providing them with equal pay, opportunities, and sex discrimination. Mansourian and Mancuso spoke out how women were being denied opportunities and scholarships at the university. Mansourian enrolled for UC-Davis in Fall 2000, and as she was starting out with wrestling, the school decided that they were not going to receive other benefits given to male varsity wrestlers. This brutal decision stuck throughout the fall and the winter. Some women didn 't approve of this with this, so they filed a complaint in spring of 2001 against the University of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. In June 2001, the University did not want to renew the women wrestling coach’s contract. Mancuso enrolled for UC-Davis in fall 2001, all three students completed their paperwork to be eligible to wrestle that semester. Women were only allowed to participate on the team if they defeated their opponent which was a male. Most women lost the matches and were kicked off of the team. On February 16, 2012, they have finally reached a consensus to settle. The University had to give the plaintiff 1.3 million dollars mostly for the fees and cost of the extended period