[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR60-20.5]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
                           DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 60-20_SEX DISCRIMINATION GUIDELINES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  60-20.5  Discriminatory wages.

    (a) The employer's wages schedules must not be related to or based 
on the sex of the employees.
    Note: The more obvious cases of discrimination exist where employees 
of different sexes are paid different wages on jobs which require 
substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility and are performed 
under similar working conditions.
    (b) The employer may not discriminatorily restrict one sex to 
certain job classifications. In such a

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situation, the employer must take steps to make jobs available to all 
qualified employees in all classifications without regard to sex. 
(Example: An electrical manufacturing company may have a production 
division with three functional units: One (assembly) all female; another 
(wiring), all male; and a third (circuit boards), also all male. The 
highest wage attainable in the assembly unit is considerably less than 
that in the circuit board and wiring units. In such a case the employer 
must take steps to provide qualified female employees opportunity for 
placement in job openings in the other two units.)
    (c) To avoid overlapping and conflicting administration the Director 
will consult with the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Administration 
before issuing an opinion on any matter covered by both the Equal Pay 
Act and Executive Order 11246, as amended.