§ 34-06.1-01 — Declaration of public policy

North Dakota § 34-06.1-01

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 34: Labor and Employment
• Ch. 34-06.1: Equal Pay for Men and Women

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The public policy of this state is declared to be that the practice of discriminating on the
basis of sex by paying wages to employees of one sex at a lesser rate than the rate paid to
employees of the opposite sex for comparable work on jobs which have comparable
requirements unjustly discriminates against the person receiving the lesser rate; leads to low
worker morale, high turnover, and frequent labor unrest; discourages workers paid at the lesser
wage rates from training for higher level jobs; curtails employment opportunities, decreases
workers' mobility, and increases labor costs; impairs purchasing power and threatens the
maintenance of an adequate standard of living by such workers and their families; prevents
optimum utilization of the state's available labor resources; threatens the well-being of citizens
of this state; and adversely affects the general welfare. It is therefore declared to be the policy of
this state through exercise of its police power to correct and, as rapidly as possible, to eliminate
discriminatory wage practices based on sex.