[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1620.23]

[Page 319]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1620_THE EQUAL PAY ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1620.23  Collective bargaining agreements not a defense.

    The establishment by collective bargaining or inclusion in a 
collective bargaining agreement of unequal rates of pay does not 
constitute a defense available to either an employer or to a labor 
organization. Any and all provisions in a collective bargaining 
agreement which provide unequal rates of pay in conflict with the 
requirements of the EPA are null and void and of no effect.