Equal Pay Act - Alaska

Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

Employer defined

“Employer” means a person, including the state and a political subdivision of the state, who has one or more employees in the state but does not include a club that is exclusively social, or a fraternal, charitable, educational, or religious association or corporation, if the club, association, or corporation is not organized for private profit.

Unlawful employment practices

The unlawful employment practices, as well as the exemptions, are similar to those under the federal Equal Pay Act. It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate in the payment of wages as between the sexes, or to employ a female at a salary or wage rate less than that paid to a male employee for work of comparable character or work in the same operation, business, or type of work in the same locality.

In addition, Alaska provides for local human rights commissions. A municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, establish a local human rights commission. Local commissions can be granted powers and duties similar to those exercised by the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights.

State

Contact

Alaska Commission for Human Rights

Regulations

Alaska Stat. §18.80.220. Unlawful employment practices; exception.

Federal

Contact

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Regulations

29 CFR Part 1620, The Equal Pay Act

29 CFR 1621, Procedures — The Equal Pay Act