Comparable worth
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- The economic doctrine of comparable worth. // Commentary;Sep84, Vol. 78 Issue 3, p13
The economic doctrine of comparable worth holds that women in the work force are paid less than they are `worth' in terms of the `value' of what they do. The idea has lately become the main item on the feminist agenda. This article discusses arguments by advocates and opponents of this doctrine.
- One woman's fight for equality. // Good Housekeeping;Mar84, Vol. 197 Issue 3, p84
She first learned she was a victim of discrimination in 1946. The man across from her was earning more money for doing the same job. But there was no law back then. She was paid less because `she was a woman'. She vowed to one day make it right. In 1982, after 36 years, she won in court a...
- Employers must address equal pay gap or face new legislation. Reade, Quentin // Personnel Today;4/1/2003, p4
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- Equal pay for comparable work. // Consumers' Research Magazine;Oct84, Vol. 67 Issue 10, p17
A debate. Pro: Comparable worth is the logical extension of laws that require equal pay for equal work, and non-discriminatory pay scales could be set that would take into account market factors. Con: Questions the argument that discrimination explains the wage gap between men and women, and...
- Wage parity with men? Women now have it--provided they go without children. // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;9/4/95, Vol. 22 Issue 38, p44
Discusses factors influencing equal pay levels between men and women in Canada. Decline of women's pay caused by decision to raise children; Flaws in the arguments of female discrimination by North American journalists; Questions on the capacity of day-care to boost pay equality for women.
- Terms of enrichment. Brown, Duncan; Armstrong, Michael // People Management;9/11/1997, Vol. 3 Issue 18, p36
Offers advice on when competence-related pay is suitable. Reasons why competence-related pay is more effective than other remuneration systems; Rising interest in competence-related pay; Qualities control; Varied methods of converting assessments into pay decisions. INSETS: Stout work on...
- Pay law proposal to hinder women. Reade, Quentin // Personnel Today;2/25/2003, p4
Reports on the proposed amendments to law to create equal pay for equal jobs by the government of Great Britain. Possible problems faced by women to claim equal pay for equal jobs due to the amendment; Details of flaws in the scheme. INSET: Accenture awarded for advancing its female recruits.
- Equal pay for equal work still not achieved. // Women's International Network News;Summer91, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p73
Reports that equal pay for equal work is still not achieved in the United States. Discrimination in employment; Gender differences; Salaries; Job categories.
- European Commission: Memorandum on equal pay for equal work. // Women's International Network News;Winter95, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p64
Presents the memorandum on equal pay for equal work, published by the European Commission. Problem of de facto segregation and undervaluation of female occupations; Development of non-discriminatory evaluations and classifications as an essential step in the direction of equal pay.
