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  • 71equal pay — ˌequal ˈpay noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES the principle that men and women should be paid the same amount if they do the same work: • The campaign for equal pay has been continued by the trade union movement. * * * equal pay UK US noun [U]… …

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  • 72Equal opportunity — is a term which has differing definitions and there is no consensus as to the precise meaning. [Rabe, Johan. 2001. Equality, Affirmative Action, and Justice. Books on Demand. p. 83] Some use it as a descriptive term for an approach intended to… …

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  • 73equal opportunity — equal op·por·tu·ni·ty n often attrib: freedom from discrimination (as in employment) on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, or sometimes sexual orientation see also equal employment opportunity commission in …

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  • 74equal protection of the law — equal protection of the law: equal protection Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. equal protection of the law …

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  • 75Equal consideration of interests — is the name of a moral principle that states that one should both include all affected interests when calculating the rightness of an action, and weigh those interests equally. The term equal consideration of interests first appeared in Peter… …

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  • 76Equal Rights Party — can refer to:*Equal Rights Party (Canada) *Equal Rights (Latvia) *Liberia Equal Rights Party *Equal Rights Party (New Zealand) *Equal Rights Party (United States), four different 19th century American political partiesee also*Equal rights *Equal… …

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  • 77Equal Pay Act of 1963 — USA A federal law prohibiting wage discrimination on the basis of sex (29 U.S.C. §206(d)). The Equal Pay Act is part of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and applies to all employers covered under the FLSA. To make a claim for discrimination… …

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  • 78Equal Access — is an international not for profit organization that provides information and education about healthcare and social issues through radio in developing countries. The organization is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Kathmandu, Nepal; …

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  • 79equal pay — Under Section 1 of the Equal Pay Act 1970, where a worker of one gender is engaged in like work (work of the same or broadly the same nature), if his or her job is rated as equivalent (under a proper non discriminatory job evaluation study) or is …

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  • 80equal protection clause — n often cap E&P&C: the clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits any state from denying to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… …

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