:mad: This is a question that I have about my sister that is 5 months pregnant and her employer dropped her pay down 2.00 dollars. So the question is can they do that?

What reason did they give her, for the pay cut?

She can't have her pay lowered BECAUSE she is pregnant, but she can in spite of it.

No, No, No!
What state do you live in? In Kentucky, the Equal Opportunity Employment, Equal Pay Act VII, states that they can not lower your pay. If an employee receives higher pay for the same type of work that your pay can not be decreased but your pay must increase to equal theirs. I would get on-line and check out your states Equal Pay Act Laws.
Hope this helps you out!

No, No, No!
What state do you live in? In Kentucky, the Equal Opportunity Employment, Equal Pay Act VII, states that they can not lower your pay. If an employee receives higher pay for the same type of work that your pay can not be decreased but your pay must increase to equal theirs. I would get on-line and check out your states Equal Pay Act Laws.
Hope this helps you out!

Blinky, that is not at all an accurate summary of what the Equal Pay Act requires. An employee's pay certainly can be reduced as long as it is not for a specifically prohibited reason.

No laws require that every employee doing the same or similar work be paid the same. The EPA and Title VII simply require that those differences not be based on a protected characteristic.

If you are working in the same conditions as your co-worker and doing the same type of work, that is what the Equal pay act states. However anyone wants to read into it... From my understanding of this states that I can't come into your work and work right next to you, doing the exact same job (etc.) as you and get paid $20.00 per hour when you only get paid $10.00. The only exclusion to this is, that it is not discrimination if my qualifications are better. If I went and got a degree in "Accounting" and my job is "Receptionist", I should not get a higher pay because I have an Accounting Degree. Because Accounting does not have anything to do with being a Receptionist.
Maybe I did mis-understand what the Act states. I'm just giving an idea of where she might go to get facts.

Blinky, you do not understand the Equal Pay Act. (I'm not trying to get into an argument with you, just trying to clarify your understanding of that law.)

For example, it is perfectly legal to pay one machinst $20/hour and someone running an idental piece of equipment with identical skills $10/hour as long as the reason for the difference in pay isn't gender, race, religion, national origin, handicap, or some other protected characteristic.