“Equal play. Equal pay.” –U.S. Women’s National Team (Reiher). The gender pay gap is surprisingly still a large problem today. Not only in soccer, but in every sport women exert the most effort, yet they do not receive the credit. The U.S. Woman’s National Team should receive an equal amount of pay as the men’s team because they have won more titles, they are better soccer players, and they bring in more income. The U.S. Woman’s National Team has won more titles in recent years than the U.S. Men’s
Mike Honda once said, "Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits." The wage gap between men and women is unjust and should not be existent. Women are being compensated less than men for doing the same amount of work based on their gender and ethnicity. In the U.S., women who work full-time are paid only eighty percent of what men are paid. Traditionalist men may not agree with equalizing men and women's wages, but that
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was passed with the intentions to give women the same, fair pay as men. Although the Equal Pay Act was passed, the wage gap is still ongoing. The wage gap is based on the difference of pay between men and women doing the same jobs. “Women make seventy-nine cent for every dollar that a male earns. This results in a wage gap of twenty-one percent. Leading to a gap of “380,000 dollars over her career” (Little 1). One can argue that this wage gap shows that men and women are
recently come to the surface, but a large group of women has decided something needs be done. Two weeks ago, legislation finally passed the House and is heading for the Senate to demand equal pay to women. The bill that was written by Judiciary A Chairman, Mark Baker, was simply asking for women to be payed equal amounts as a man doing the same job. The house found a few things wrong with it, but the bill passed with a 106-10 margin. The majority of the people who were against this bill were Democrats
2018, Equal Pay Day, women are making 80 cents to the mans one dollar, and that is just white women. Also, the view of the “typical American family” is based on single income by the male figure. However, this is simply an inaccurate view of reality for this time in our economy. Therefore, the appreciation of women in the workplace at home needs to be re-evaluated, especially for women of color, and more research and action needs to occur to enforce the Equal Pay Act and Title VII. The Equal Pay Act
positions and wage equality. “Gender-based wage discrimination remains a pernicious problem in the workplace despite enactment over 50 years ago of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which made it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women in the same workplace who perform substantially equal work” (American Bar Association). Equal pay for women has been a societal issue for some time now; you could say that this has been an issue ever since women started
Equal Pay Day this year is Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The National Committee on Pay Equity started this day to act as a constant reminder of how women are still victims of wage inequality. It is very important to remember how women are still discriminated against, and how the pay gap hasn’t been getting better. Equal Pay Day is always on a Tuesday because it represents, “how far into the next work week women must work to earn what men earned the previous week” (pay-equity.org). Many women who work
slaves. This simply isn't true; women have the strength and intelligence to do anything men can. Women have been fighting for equal rights but after all this time women are still not treated fairly. Women now have the right to vote and obtain property in the united states, this is unfortunately not true for other civilizations. Women in america continue to struggle with equal pay. Women in the 50’s were expected to be a stay at home mother and wife. Their job was to stay home care for the children
Equal Pay Act Assignment HRM6010 – Total Compensation Submitted by Prapatsorn Ratanasait Presented to October 28, 2014 College of Professional Studies Northeastern University Research the Equal Pay Act of 1963: why is it important to know this law when designing the internal alignment piece of your compensation program? The Equal Pay Act (EPA) means men and women receive the same amount of payment for doing the same work, which it will be illegal if employers pay women less than men or
In this paper we have conducted research of the gender wage gap in Europe and the US. The aim of this paper was to analyze the gender wage in the US and European countries and describe the current situation regarding this issue as well as provide some evidence that gender wage gap exists in these countries. Nowadays the gender wage gap is an important issue that affects the status of woman in our modern society. Since the middle of the twentieth century, women have not only joined the economically