[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1620.24]

[Page 319]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1620_THE EQUAL PAY ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1620.24  Time unit for determining violations.

    In applying the various tests of equality to the requirements for 
the performance of particular jobs, it is necessary to scrutinize each 
job as a whole and to look at the characteristics of the jobs being 
compared over a full work cycle. For the purpose of such a comparison, 
the appropriate work cycle to be determined would be that performed by 
members of the lower paid sex and a comparison then made with job duties 
performed by members of the higher paid sex during a similar work cycle. 
The appropriate work cycle will be determined by an examination of the 
facts of each situation. For example, where men and women custodial 
workers in a school system perform equal work during the academic year, 
but the men perform additional duties in the summer months, the 
appropriate work cycle for EPA purposes would be the academic year. In 
that instance, the additional summer duties would not preclude the 
application of the equal pay standard or justify the higher wage rate 
for men for the period when the work was equal.