Regulations last checked for updates: Apr 30, 2025

Title 29 - Labor last revised: Apr 07, 2025
§ 1620.19 - Equality of wages—application of the principle.

Equal wages must be paid in the same medium of exchange. In addition, an employer would be prohibited from paying higher hourly rates to all employees of one sex and then attempting to equalize the differential by periodically paying employees of the opposite sex a bonus. Comparison can be made for equal pay purposes between employees employed in equal jobs in the same establishment although they work in different departments.

authority: Sec. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; sec. 10, 61 Stat. 84; Pub. L. 88-38, 77 Stat. 56 (29 U.S.C. 201
source: 51 FR 29819, Aug. 20, 1986, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 29 CFR 1620.19