Pay Equity

Pay Equity
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Publisher:
Total Pages: 888
Release: 1983
Genre: Equal pay for equal work
ISBN:

Comparable Worth, Pay Equity, and Public Policy

Comparable Worth, Pay Equity, and Public Policy
Author: Rita Mae Kelly
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1988-02-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This collection of papers on comparable worth written by political scientists contains the best annotated bibliography on comparable worth that this reviewer has yet seen. One notable paper categorizes the 50 states as to whether they have conducted a comparable worth legislation, and have implemented comparable worth. Other contributors explain how job evaluation can be performed to implement comparable worth, describe the difficulties and possible bias in job evaluation methods, and present US case studies. . . . It has an outstanding bibliography and overview of many important issues. Choice Legislation outlawing sexual discrimination and mandating policies of equal pay for equal work has clearly failed to produce the intended results. Women workers continue to be paid substantially less than men, and more and more families headed by women have sunk below the poverty level. This volume of essays focuses on major issues that must be faced before a public policy promoting pay equity can become a reality. Combining the contributions of specialists from several disciplines, it offers statistical comparisons and analyses of wage inequities in various occupations, industries, and regions; case studies of comparable worth programs; and a conceptual framework for approaching the problem on a policy level.

Comparable Worth

Comparable Worth
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 1985-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309035341

Comparable worthâ€"equal pay for jobs of equal valueâ€"has been called the civil rights issue of the 1980s. This volume consists of a committee report that sets forth an agenda of much-needed research on this issue, supported by six papers contributed by eminent social scientists. The research agenda presented is structured around two general themes: (1) occupational wage differentials and discrimination and (2) wage adjustment strategies and their impact. The papers deal with a wide range of topics, including job evaluation, social judgment biases in comparable worth analysis, the economics of comparable worth, and prospects for pay equity.

Women, Work, and Wages

Women, Work, and Wages
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 149
Release: 1981-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 030903177X

In order to determine whether methods of job analysis and classification currently used are biased by traditional sex stereotypes or other factors, a committee assessed formal systems of job evaluation and other methods currently employed in the private and public sectors for establishing the comparability of jobs and their levels of compensation. A review of sociological and economic literature shows that some differences in the characteristics of workers and in jobs do form a legitimate basis for wage differentials. Nevertheless, there exists a pervasiveness of occupational and job segregation by sex. Given the current operation of the labor market and the existence of a variety of factors that permit the persistence of earning differentials between men and women (e.g., labor market segmentation, job segregation, and employment practices), it would seem that intentional and unintentional discriminatory elements enter into the determination of wages and are not likely to disappear. Use of a job evaluation system is one possible remedy to this situation. While the subjectivity of job evaluation makes job evaluations less than perfect vehicles for resolving pay disputes, they can serve to identify potential wage discrimination. (MN)

Equity and Gender

Equity and Gender
Author: Ellen Frankel Paul
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2019-08-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000676684

Comparable worth-the idea that women ought to be paid the same wages as men performing comparable although not the same jobs-has generated a firestorm of controversy. This analysis of the comparable worth debate takes up its pros and cons in an extraordinarily disciplined and fair-minded manner. After outlining the debate, Paul attempts to resolve

Comparable Worth

Comparable Worth
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1985
Genre: Equal pay for equal work
ISBN: