34 CFR § 106.54 - Compensation.

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title: "34 CFR § 106.54 - Compensation."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "106.54"
section_name: "Compensation."
chapter_name: "OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "106"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1681  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 30955, May 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 106.54 Compensation.

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

(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.

[45 FR 30955, May 9, 1980, as amended at 85 FR 30579, May 19, 2020]