''Shultz v. Wheaton Glass Co.'', 421 F.2d 259 (3rd Cir. 1970) was a case heard before the

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in 1970. It is an important case in studying the impact of the Bennett Amendment on

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, helping to define the limitations of

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for men and women. In its rulings, the court determined that a job that is "substantially equal" in terms of what the job entails, although not necessarily in title or job description, is protected by the Equal Pay Act. An employer who hires a woman to do the same job as a man but gives the job a new title in order to offer it a lesser pay is discriminating under that act.

Background

Wheaton Glass employed men as "selector-packer-stackers" but employed women as ""selector-packers". Both performed similar work in the company's warehouse in

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References

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