---
kind: "unit"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
key: "subtB/chXIV/part1620"
level: "part"
label: "Part 1620"
heading: "The Equal Pay Act"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/subtB-chXIV-part1620"
sections_count: 34
---

# Part 1620 — The Equal Pay Act

Title 29 C.F.R. — Labor › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Labor › Chapter XIV — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

## Sections

- [§1620.1. Basic applicability of the Equal Pay Act.](/cfr/29/1620.1.md)
- [§1620.2. General coverage of employees “engaged in commerce.”](/cfr/29/1620.2.md)
- [§1620.3. General coverage of employees “engaged in * * * the production of goods for commerce.”](/cfr/29/1620.3.md)
- [§1620.4. “Closely related” and “directly essential” activities.](/cfr/29/1620.4.md)
- [§1620.5. What goods are considered as “produced for commerce.”](/cfr/29/1620.5.md)
- [§1620.6. Coverage is not based on amount of covered activity.](/cfr/29/1620.6.md)
- [§1620.7. “Enterprise” coverage.](/cfr/29/1620.7.md)
- [§1620.8. “Employer,” “employee,” and “employ” defined.](/cfr/29/1620.8.md)
- [§1620.9. Meaning of “establishment.”](/cfr/29/1620.9.md)
- [§1620.10. Meaning of “wages.”](/cfr/29/1620.10.md)
- [§1620.11. Fringe benefits.](/cfr/29/1620.11.md)
- [§1620.12. Wage “rate.”](/cfr/29/1620.12.md)
- [§1620.13. “Equal Work”—What it means.](/cfr/29/1620.13.md)
- [§1620.14. Testing equality of jobs.](/cfr/29/1620.14.md)
- [§1620.15. Jobs requiring equal skill in performance.](/cfr/29/1620.15.md)
- [§1620.16. Jobs requiring equal effort in performance.](/cfr/29/1620.16.md)
- [§1620.17. Jobs requiring equal responsibility in performance.](/cfr/29/1620.17.md)
- [§1620.18. Jobs performed under similar working conditions.](/cfr/29/1620.18.md)
- [§1620.19. Equality of wages—application of the principle.](/cfr/29/1620.19.md)
- [§1620.20. Pay differentials claimed to be based on extra duties.](/cfr/29/1620.20.md)
- [§1620.21. Head of household.](/cfr/29/1620.21.md)
- [§1620.22. Employment cost not a “factor other than sex.”](/cfr/29/1620.22.md)
- [§1620.23. Collective bargaining agreements not a defense.](/cfr/29/1620.23.md)
- [§1620.24. Time unit for determining violations.](/cfr/29/1620.24.md)
- [§1620.25. Equalization of rates.](/cfr/29/1620.25.md)
- [§1620.26. Red circle rates.](/cfr/29/1620.26.md)
- [§1620.27. Relationship to the Equal Pay Act of title VII of the Civil Rights Act.](/cfr/29/1620.27.md)
- [§1620.28. Relationship to other equal pay laws.](/cfr/29/1620.28.md)
- [§1620.29. Relationship to other labor laws.](/cfr/29/1620.29.md)
- [§1620.30. Investigations and compliance assistance.](/cfr/29/1620.30.md)
- [§1620.31. Issuance of subpoenas.](/cfr/29/1620.31.md)
- [§1620.32. Recordkeeping requirements.](/cfr/29/1620.32.md)
- [§1620.33. Recovery of wages due; injunctions; penalties for willful violations.](/cfr/29/1620.33.md)
- [§1620.34. Rules to be liberally construed.](/cfr/29/1620.34.md)