[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1614.408]

[Page 279-280]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                           CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL
                         EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
                               COMMISSION
 
PART 1614--FEDERAL SECTOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart D--Appeals and Civil Actions
 
Sec. 1614.408  Civil action: Equal Pay Act.

    A complainant is authorized under section 16(b) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 216(b)) to file a civil action in a court of 
competent jurisdiction within two years or, if the violation is willful, 
three years of the date of the alleged violation of the Equal Pay Act 
regardless of whether he or she pursued any administrative complaint 
processing. Recovery of back wages is limited to two years prior to the 
date of filing suit, or to three years if the violation is deemed 
willful; liquidated damages in an equal amount may also be awarded. The 
filing of a complaint or appeal under this part

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shall not toll the time for filing a civil action.

[57 FR 12646, Apr. 10, 1992. Redesignated at 64 FR 37659, July 12, 1999]