Equal Pay Act of 1963
E14576
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a U.S. federal law that prohibits wage discrimination based on sex, requiring that men and women receive equal pay for equal work.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Equal Pay Act of 1963 canonical | 6 |
| Equal Pay Act | 5 |
| Equal Pay Act (as applied in federal sector) | 1 |
| federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T85124 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Equal Pay Act of 1963 Context triple: [Fair Labor Standards Act, amendedBy, Equal Pay Act of 1963]
-
A.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
-
B.
Employment Act of 1946
The Employment Act of 1946 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established the government's responsibility to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power, laying the foundation for modern macroeconomic policy and creating the Council of Economic Advisers.
-
C.
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 is a U.S. federal law that regulates internal union affairs and union–management relations, emphasizing financial transparency, democratic procedures, and protections for union members’ rights.
-
D.
Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act is a landmark U.S. labor law that established federal minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor protections for American workers.
-
E.
Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Equal Pay Act of 1963 Target entity description: The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a U.S. federal law that prohibits wage discrimination based on sex, requiring that men and women receive equal pay for equal work.
-
A.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
-
B.
Employment Act of 1946
The Employment Act of 1946 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established the government's responsibility to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power, laying the foundation for modern macroeconomic policy and creating the Council of Economic Advisers.
-
C.
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 is a U.S. federal law that regulates internal union affairs and union–management relations, emphasizing financial transparency, democratic procedures, and protections for union members’ rights.
-
D.
Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act is a landmark U.S. labor law that established federal minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor protections for American workers.
-
E.
Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
anti-discrimination law ⓘ labor law ⓘ |
| allowsDifferentialsBasedOn |
a factor other than sex
ⓘ
a merit system ⓘ a seniority system ⓘ a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production ⓘ |
| amends |
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
ⓘ
linked to:
Fair Labor Standards Act
|
| appliesTo |
employees engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce
ⓘ
employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| covers |
benefits
ⓘ
bonuses ⓘ cleaning or gasoline allowances ⓘ hotel accommodations ⓘ life insurance ⓘ overtime pay ⓘ profit sharing ⓘ salary ⓘ stock options ⓘ travel reimbursement ⓘ vacation and holiday pay ⓘ wages ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1963-06-10 ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1963-06-10 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 88th United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent gender equality legislation in the United States ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| legalStandard | equal pay for equal work ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce ⓘ |
| originallyEnforcedBy |
U.S. Department of Labor
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Labor
|
| partOf | Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ |
| policyArea |
employment discrimination
ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ wage regulation ⓘ |
| prohibits |
paying employees of one sex less than employees of the opposite sex for equal work
ⓘ
wage discrimination based on sex ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | Public Law 88-38 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex
ⓘ
to require equal pay for equal work regardless of sex ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| requires |
equal wages for jobs performed under similar working conditions
ⓘ
equal wages for jobs requiring equal effort ⓘ equal wages for jobs requiring equal responsibility ⓘ equal wages for jobs requiring equal skill ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Equal Pay Act of 1963 ⓘ |
| signedBy | John F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| signingPresident | John F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| transferredEnforcementTo | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1963 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Equal Pay Act of 1963 Description of subject: The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a U.S. federal law that prohibits wage discrimination based on sex, requiring that men and women receive equal pay for equal work.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Equal Pay Act of 1963
linked to: Equal Pay Act of 1963
linked to: Equal Pay Act of 1963
subject linked to:
Equal Employment Opportunity Office
linked to: Equal Pay Act of 1963
linked to: Equal Pay Act of 1963
linked to: Equal Pay Act of 1963
linked to: Equal Pay Act of 1963