''Shultz v. Wheaton Glass Co.'',
421 F.2d 259 (3rd Cir. 1970) was a case heard before the
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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in 1970. It is an important case in studying the impact of the
Bennett Amendment on
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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, helping to define the limitations of
equal pay
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for men and women.
In its rulings, the court determined that a job that is "substantially equal" in terms of what the job entails, although not necessarily in title or job description, is protected by the
Equal Pay Act.
An employer who hires a woman to do the same job as a man but gives the job a new title in order to offer it a lesser pay is discriminating under that act.
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Background
Wheaton Glass employed men as "selector-packer-stackers" but employed women as ""selector-packers". Both performed similar work in the company's warehouse in Millville, New Jersey
Millville is a city in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 27,491, a decrease of 909 (−3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 28,400, which in turn reflected an in ...
but the longer title paid substantially higher wages.
See also
*Gender equality
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*List of gender equality lawsuits
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References
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit cases
1970 in United States case law
Millville, New Jersey
United States gender discrimination case law
United States employment discrimination case law
History of women in New Jersey
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