Over the years, the United States has faced many challenges in providing equal employment opportunity for all. The United States created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, also known as the EEOC, to enforce laws that help prevent everyone from being treated unfairly when it comes to employment options. 'job. The EEOC has stipulated and ignores all federal equal employment opportunity regulations, practices, and policies (“Federal Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination Questions and Answers”). Some laws that have been passed are the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. Although While some discrimination remains a problem, all of these laws have helped citizens of the United States. be treated more fairly in the labor market. The Equal Pay Act was created on June 10, 1963 (“The Equal Pay Act 1963”). It is also called the EPA. It was created to protect men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from wage discrimination on the basis of sex (“Federal Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination Questions and Answers”). Determining whether two employees doing the same job are difficult for either is a way to help the government make a decision that will not conflict with EEOC laws for that specific job. This law states that equal pay is only required for jobs performed in the same geographic area. Furthermore, the law also specifies that jobs are identical if they are equal in terms of skills, effort, responsibilities and working conditions. It is permissible to pay one employee more than another if the first employee has important tasks. Companies are allowed to pay for differences...... middle of paper...... imitation law. “Age Discrimination Act. » FindLaw.com. Age Discrimination, nd Web. September 29, 2011. United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. “Federal Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination, Questions and Answers.” EEOC.gov. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, November 21, 2009. Web. September 29, 2011. United States. The Equal Pay Act of 1963. “The Equal Pay Act of 1963” EEOC.gov. The Equal Pay Act of 1963, May 14, 1947. Web. September 29, 2011. United States. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” EEOC.gov. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, nd Web. September 29, 2011. Luis R. Gomez-Mejia. “Understanding equal opportunities and the legal environment. » Human resources management: Pearson. 6th ed. 2010. Print.