when was equal pay legalized california
For decades now, the California Equal Pay Act has prohibited an employer from paying its employees less than employees of the opposite sex for equal work. On October 6, 2015, Governor Brown signed the California Fair Pay Act (SB 358), which strengthened the Equal Pay Act in a number of ways, including by: Requiring equal pay for employees who perform substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility.