During and after the Civil War, women’s demand in job keeps increasing. They desired to work and be independent, which means they tried to have more identities, except for housewife. Moreover, they desired to own equal pay and equal opportunities in workplace, compared to men. Quested for decades, Congress finally passes the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as part of Fair Labor Standard Act of 1938, for prohibiting employers wage discriminating employees based on gender. Equal Pay Act of 1963 specifically regulates that “No employer having employees subject to any provision of this section shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed..at which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which requires equal similar working conditions”.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
One year later, in 1964, Congress enacted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, aimed to prohibit discriminations based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It is worth noticing that this law further explains that sex discriminations
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The eligible employees adhere must have been at the establishment at least 12 months, and work at a location where the establishment employees 50 or more employees with 75 miles. In addition to FMLA, Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights, prohibits employment discrimination against females workers who are (intend to become) pregnant- including discrimination in hiring, failure to promote, and wrongful