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California Pay Laws
California Equal Pay Laws
California's Equal
Pay Laws Article
By
Matthew A. Kaufman, Esq. 1-818-990-1999
California Labor Code 1197.5 prohibits making payment of
wages at rates less than the rates paid to employees of the
opposite sex in the same establishment illegal when the job
performance requires equal skill, effort, and
responsibility, and which is performed under similar working
conditions. This California law is patterned on a similar
federal law.
However, different pay rates are permitted where the
different rates arise under a seniority system, a merit
system, a system which measures earnings by quantity or
quality of production, or a differential based on any bona
fide factor other than sex. (Labor Code 1197.5(a)). As a
result, in equal pay cases, the focus is on qualifications
and work of the employee and the better paid employee or
employees. The greater the pay disparities shown by the
employee, the greater the justification that will be
required from the employer.
Different pay for labor is permitted where there is
materially different work. To compare rates of pay, the two
employees must be equal as to skill, effort and
responsibility and must work under similar working
conditions.
Damages for violation of this provision include not only the
recovery of any wages lost as a result of the discrimination
together with interest on those lost wages, but also
liquidated damages in a like amount. Attorney's fees may be
recovered in a private action to enforce this section.
(Labor Code 1197.5(g)).
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Laws
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Pay Laws & California Equal Pay Laws Page
Summary: Find an article on California pay laws and
the California Labor Code. California attorneys Harris &
Kaufman can help if you believe your employer has violated
your rights to do with the California equal pay laws. If you
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