[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR86.54]

[Page 398-399]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
Subpart E--Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Employment in Education 
                   Programs and Activities Prohibited
 
Sec. 86.54  Compensation.

    A recipient shall not make or enforce any policy or practice which, 
on the basis of sex:

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    (a) Makes distinctions in rates of pay or other compensation;
    (b) Results in the payment of wages to employees of one sex at a 
rate less than that paid to employees of the opposite sex for equal work 
on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and 
responsibility, and which are performed under similar working 
conditions.

(Secs. 901, 902, Education Amendments of 1972, 86 Stat. 373, 374; 20 
U.S.C. 1681, 1682)