Over the years the United States has faced many challenges with equal employment opportunities for all. The United States developed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, also known as the EEOC, to enforce laws that help prevent everyone from being treated unfairly when it comes to employment options. The EEOC has established provisions and disregards all federal equal employment opportunity regulations, practices and policies (“Federal Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination Questions and Answers”). Some laws that have been passed are the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. Although some discrimination is still a problem, all of these laws have helped citizens of the United States are treated more fairly in the workforce. The Equal Pay Act was established on June 10, 1963 (“The Equal Pay Act of 1963”). It is also called EPA. It was established to protect men and women doing substantially equal work in the same establishment from wage discrimination based on sex (“Federal Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination Questions and Answers”). Determining whether two employees performing the same job are difficult for one or the other is one way to help the government develop a determination that does not run afoul of EEOC laws for that specific job. This law states that equal pay is only required for jobs performed in the same geographic area. Furthermore, the law also specifies that jobs are equal if they are equal in terms of skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions. It is permissible to pay one employee more than another if the first employee performs significant job duties. Companies are allowed to pay for the differences... half the paper... elimination law. “Age Discrimination Act.” FindLaw.com. Age Discrimination and the Web. September 29, 2011. United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. “Federal Laws Prohibiting Questions and Answers About Employment Discrimination.” EEOC.gov. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, November 21, 2009. Web. September 29, 2011. United States. The Equal Pay Act of 1963. “The Equal Pay Act of 1963” EEOC.gov. The Equal Pay Act of 1963, May 14, 1947. Web. September 29, 2011. United States. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." EEOC.gov. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, nd Web. September 29, 2011. Luis R. Gomez-Mejia. “Understanding equal opportunity and the legal environment.” Human Resource Management: Pearson. 6th ed. 2010. Print.