There have been times when applicants and employees have behaved dishonestly regarding their disability, for which they need to be held accountable. The Equal Pay Act was created in 1963 to ensure that no matter whether an employee is male or female, both will be paid the same for the same work. When the law was created, women earned fifty-nine cents on the dollar compared to men (U.S. Department of Labor, n.d., p. xx). Now, according to the US Department of Labor, women earn eighty-one cents on the dollar compared to men. Unfortunately we still have the problem of equal pay between men and women. My opinion on this topic is that society still sees men as the breadwinners of the family and demand higher pay. If we want to make our nation a more socially equitable country, we must enforce equal pay law in our workforce. The human resources management functions that deal with the Equal Pay Act are the hiring and development phases. At the hiring stage, managers must pay the same salary to any ideal candidate, male or female, who can do the job most efficiently. In developmental stages such as promotions, managers must ensure that all employees, men and women, receive the same amount in raises depending on their work ethic. My belief on the Equal Pay Act is that any man or woman capable of doing the job should be paid the same amount. The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Title VII is the act that prohibits practices of discrimination in employment due to a person's race, religion, or profession. skin color and sex (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964). This applies to employers with 15 or more employees and to public and private universities. Section 2000 E-2 and Section 2000 E-...... middle of document ......ls/cghrds%20manual%20.pdfU.S. Office of Personnel Management (nd). Strategic planning Human resources management. Retrieved February 3, 2014, from https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=442392Thomson Reuters (2014). FindLaw: cases and codes. Retrieved March 3, 2014, from http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/US Department of Labor (n.d.). Equal Pay - US Department of Labor. Retrieved March 20, 2014, from http://www.dol.gov/equalpay/US Merit Systems Protection Board (n.d.). MSPB | Principles of the merit system. Retrieved April 24, 2014, from http://www.mspb.gov/meritsystemsprinciples.htmZheng, K. (2014). What are the ethical issues in human resource management in multinationals? | Chron.com. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/ethical-issues-human-resource-management-multinational-corporations-55821.html