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1. What was the purpose of the Equal Pay Act of 1967? Has the law accomplished its purpose? Why or why not?

2. How do Title VII and its amendments protect employees? Are laws necessary to govern ethical treatment of employees? Why or why not? Explain.

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1. What was the purpose of the Equal Pay Act of 1967?
"Employers may not pay unequal wages to men and women who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions within the same establishment." (EEOC 2009) The act afforded both genders to be paid equally for performing the same job.
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http://www.eeoc.gov/types/epa.html
Has the law accomplished its purpose? Why or why not?
It has. No longer can companies and business pay one gender or one race less than another for ...

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