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#OTD 1970. The Equal Pay Act receives Royal Assent.
After decades of campaigning, the bill enables women to make a claim for equal pay if they do the same job as a man.
A look back at Barbara Castle and the battle to introduce equal pay for women #EqualPayActat50
After decades of campaigning, the bill enables women to make a claim for equal pay if they do the same job as a man.
A look back at Barbara Castle and the battle to introduce equal pay for women #EqualPayActat50
In 1946, the Royal Commission on Equal Pay concluded tentatively that women in teaching and certain grades of the civil service might benefit from equal pay.
In June 1947, the Labour Chancellor Hugh Dalton rejected the demands believing that the cost would be too high as he grappled with dire economic conditions.
