The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") enforces many of the laws that protect individuals in the workplace and regulate most state-labor relations. The EEOC prescribes methods to determine if an employer has violated any employment laws or protections, and prescribes best practices to promote better state-labor relations. Most state-labor relations policies focus on legislation such as the Equal Pay Act of 1963 ("EPA") which prohibits disparities in salary based on classifications such as gender and race. The EPA imposes a requirement that employers pay individuals who perform substantially equivalent work the same salary or wage regardless of the gender of the employee. State-labor relations policies oversee salary policies and requirements mandate that fundamental employee rights such as equality of pay between men and women are enforced.