<Tr> <Th> Commencement </Th> <Td> 29 December 1975 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Status: Amended </Th> </Tr> <P> The Equal Pay Act 1970 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which prohibits any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment . The Act has now been mostly superseded by Part 5, chapter 3, of the Equality Act 2010 . </P> <P> In the 1959 General Election, the Labour Party's Manifesto had proposed a charter of rights including' the right to equal pay for equal work' . September 1965 saw the Trades Union Congress resolving' its support for the principles of equality of treatment and opportunity for women workers in industry, and calls upon the General Council to request the government to implement the promise of' the right to equal pay for equal work' as set out in the Labour Party election manifesto' . However, there was no immediate action by either government or unions . </P>

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