Since 1920, American women have advocated for their rights as citizens such as the right to vote, to hold public office, to enter into legal contracts, to have equal rights in family law, to work, and the right to fair wages or equal pay. Throughout time our culture has created great advancements for women’s rights especially in the work place for instance the implication of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits employers from paying different wages for males and females for the same work. (Gateways to Democracy) Did the Equal Pay Act help women in the workplace? No, there was still discrimination between the process of an employer having to hire a female or male; however, it was prohibited in 1964 by the Civil Rights Act. Unfortunately, with these two Acts inequality in the work place was still visible. In 1979, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
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Goodyear Tires and Rubber Co. would be in favor of Goodyear. Goodyear appealed first to the 11th Circuit Court which ruled in favor of them stating that a discriminatory pay has to be reported within 180 days required by the Civil Rights Act. Due to the fact that Ledbetter’s claim had been made for more than 180 days, the ruling of the court was in favor of Goodyear. Therefore, this proved that its okay for a companies to pay a women less based on there gender if they don’t comply with the 180-day rule. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was later declared effective and signed by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009. The act allows individuals subjected to pay discrimination to seek help and allow charges to be filed alleging wage discrimination. You would think that after this act it would help women in the work place but in actuality it hinders women still in our society. We are still surrounded by issues of fair pay between genders that still needs fighting for to be addressed because we are letting employers be on a winning
Goodyear Tires and Rubber Co. would be in favor of Goodyear. Goodyear appealed first to the 11th Circuit Court which ruled in favor of them stating that a discriminatory pay has to be reported within 180 days required by the Civil Rights Act. Due to the fact that Ledbetter’s claim had been made for more than 180 days, the ruling of the court was in favor of Goodyear. Therefore, this proved that its okay for a companies to pay a women less based on there gender if they don’t comply with the 180-day rule. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was later declared effective and signed by President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009. The act allows individuals subjected to pay discrimination to seek help and allow charges to be filed alleging wage discrimination. You would think that after this act it would help women in the work place but in actuality it hinders women still in our society. We are still surrounded by issues of fair pay between genders that still needs fighting for to be addressed because we are letting employers be on a winning