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Show Di ision of Labor Department The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, April 1, 13' I All Agencys on Her Side in Pay Discrimination Cases By Roper 0. Porte.-Tribune Staff writer I ' Heaven will protect the working girl," the lyrics from . a, song earlier in this century proclaimed. divine Intervention, at i&st in the matter of equal -jray for women !n relation to counterparts, Ijheir male hasn't been force- apparently and the federal . jpvefnment and a myriad of womens liberation groups stepped into the breach. j have Efforts by the government and the womens lib groups have been applied variously, , ranging from subtle social, economic and political pres- sure to legal action forcing ful enough . employers to comply with eral law fed- - Cites Discrimination ' area of government action, Donald E. Drew, area Di- director of the Wage-Hou- r . vision of the U.S. Department of Laboi, 125 S. State said investigation in Utah by his of- -, fice during 1970 found $258,790 underpayments attributable to discrimination based on sex. This is a violation of the 19t4 Equal Phy Act, an amend- - ment to the Fair Labor Standards Act which prohibits discrimination based on sex, he . said. The discrimination can advertisement' 1 Stomach upset by gas and acid? llnique medicine takes 'the acid and the gas out of acid indigestion. is Di-G- el todays anti-ga- s antacid. Its the modern au- -' swer to indigestions double , trouble: excess acid and heartburn gas. Di-G- able el anti-ga- contains a remark- s - Simethicone. ingredient, No plain ant-ac- id has it. This unique discovery breaks up and dis- solves painful in your digestive 'trapped 7 system. el with Simethicone quickly relieves gassy-aci- d feeling. upset. That tco-fu- ll X Painful pressure from trap- ped gas. With gas gone, Di- Gels antacids can work thor- oughly, effectively. takes the acid and the gas - out of acid indigestion. Get Di-Gtablets or liquid to-- day. Product of Plough, Inc. ' es Di-G- Di-G- el ' el cutting discrimination against either sex. But women basically are the ones being discriminated against. A part of the problem, Mr. Drew explains, came with the passage of the law itself. When employers no longer, could classify job descriptions according to sex--, many of them simply went along with the law end hired men and women for the same jobs. But what many employers learned quickly or already knew is that "women will work for less, he said. Theres no question about it. So they world hire the women for previously iobs and .simply pay them less, usually about 20 cents an hour lesg, he said. n In the in be in hiring promotion or pay. The act is like a double-edge- d sword both ways, he said, as it applies to In tfifc area covered by his office, Utah, Idaho and .Wyoming, nine compliance investigators are employed. One of the investigators concldental-ly- , is a woman. Check Wages PalJ About 60 percent of the investigations done by the office are to determine if minimum wage laws of1 the Fair Labor Standards Act are being adhered to, Mr. Drew said. But in any investigation, he added, investigators are on the lookout for 'possible violations of the Equal Pay Act and a third category of interest discrimination against per- sons because of age. Many cf the violations unearthed, Mr. Drew noted, are solved simply by giving the offender a warning. But in some gases an injunction suit against continued violation of complaints from employes are not as frequent as might be s expected, he said. Many lire reluctant to make such complaints public for fear of reprisals.' But under the law he explained, recourse is providvindictive a ed against employer. An employe who is with' charging an employer discharged for complaining, discrimination based on age, for example, may receive Mr. Brew EplC. A few equal hack' and" even" reinstatepay pay cases are awaiting furment in some cases if fired. ther investigation. Fewer Than Expected The Age Discrimination in in force There are not as many age Employment Act, since 1968, applies to all busidiscrimination cases as were nesses with 25 or more emexpected, Mr. Drew noted. ployes, employment agencies But establishing a case is a serving such employers and pretts difficult process and his to labor organizations with 25 investigators must depend or more members, he said. on specific leads. The requirements of the law Persons from 40 to 65 are protected under the law from have led many newspaper advertisements and others to discrimination in such matters as hiring, promotion or drop reference to age in ad- vertisements seeking employ- job retention, he noted. es. ne said. But it is hard to Investigations for possible violations of the Fair Labor determine whether use by othStandards Act may be initiat- ers of such words as young in fact dised in a number of ways, he or mature criminatory. comnoted, ranging from He emphasized that his ofplaints by employes to simply cannot get jobs for perfice inat businesses and looking dustries which are likely to be sons in the 5 years o'd age in Violation. bracket, but urged persons in this group who think they are In the matter of equal pay, being discriminated against to contact his office. Violations of any one of the provisions of the Fair Labor 3 S.L. Standards Acthe aresaid.prettyIn widespread, fact, more than 65 percent of Commis-sioThe Salt Lake City the investigations conducted Las approved a by his office uncover some Sorequest of the Easter Seal kind of monetary violation. Lily Day ciety to permit You can miss, he Saturday, when funds will be said. You hardly ctuld almost go solicited for the society. out and walk down the society execustreet. tive director, said his organiBut he noted that while the state-wide zation will launch a number of violations discov1 which runs campaign April is increasing, it doesnt to the end Pf April. He said ered mean more violanecessarily different organizations would tions are being committed. funds a and in help soliciting Much of it is attributable to lily would be given to each more investigations being condowntown contributor. ducted and improvement in techniques, Mr. Drew said. the law is brought fn a federal court which also seeks back pay fc the employe. S Cases in Courts There jxe I ve cases in the federal couits against firms charged with vioi.iion of minimum wage provisions now and one about to be entered toro 19" rotary turn-ke- y buy per-sdn- ZCM I 4JM.T LM rOT'WWWOQO VAutV - OGMN II995 -- has been improved! 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