{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-1620.25","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 1620.25","heading":"Equalization of rates.","body":"Under the express terms of the EPA, when a prohibited sex-based wage differential has been proved, an employer can come into compliance only by raising the wage rate of the lower paid sex. The rate-reduction provision of the EPA prohibits an employer from attempting to cure a violation by hiring or transferring employees to perform the previously lower-paid job at the lower rate. Similarly, the departure of the higher paid sex from positions where a violation occurred, leaving only members of the lower paid sex being paid equally among themselves, does not cure the EPA violations.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER XIV—EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION","PART 1620—THE EQUAL PAY ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"335b7a74e0b5ec29e35dc075ff9ef4758e3013c6e821289b7d7cf2dd417201c7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-1620.24","next":"us/29-cfr-1620.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}