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where comparable to men’s work must receive equal pay; Equal pay for work of equal value is

It is not up for debate whether women are discriminated against in the workplace, it is evident in census data; in 2013, among full-time, year-round workers, women were paid 78 percent of what men were paid. It is said that the organizations that are pro-equal pay, including some unions, support the idea that the government should set wages for all jobs. To the contrary, the organizations that are proponents of equal pay are not for job wages being set by the government-they wish to have the discrimination taken out of pay scales from within the company. Commonly, this pay gap is attributed to the fact that women in the United States are still expected to attend to familial obligations over work.

According to statistics, there are disparities with pay in the workplace. Men are paid more in wages, comprehensive packages, and benefits than women who performed the same job responsibilities and roles in the workplace. The big question is why are women being unvalued? Since, this is a common practice in the workplace, is this fair to both genders and is this the most favorable outcome for the greatest number affected by this business practice? The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was passed to eliminate this type of discrimination based on sex with paying wages to employees, in such establishment at a rate less than the rate at which pays, wages to employees of the opposite sex for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions.

A different quote from a different reading from class that closely relates and further demonstrates this problem is about unequal pay. The quote reads “Many sociologists point to sex segregation, or the concentration of men and women in different occupations, as an important cause of the gender gap in earnings” (Giddens, Duneier, Appelbaum, Carr, 269, 270). It is obviously not fair that women and men get paid differently because of sex segregation. It should not matter if someone is a male or female. If the person is doing what they are supposed to be doing, I believe the pay should be the same between the

In this country, getting paid to perform your job is understood. It is routine. It is expected. It is right. But how is one employee’s salary regarded in comparison to another employee’s salary? Do these salaries have to be equal? Most would agree that if both employees are performing the same tasks at the same establishment with the same amount of dedication and efficiency, equal pay is deserved. But what about if one employee is male and the other female, then on what grounds are their salaries determined? This answer shows its true colors through the life of one woman working for a well established company where nearly all employees were men, and for her particular position, she was the sole female. Her efforts to overcome pay

Each year all employees would receive a raise, pending funding, but each raise will be the same for each individual job. According to the equal pay act, if there is an inequality in wages, employers are not required to reduce the pay of either sex to equalize their pay (The Equal Pay Act of 1963). Therefore, with this proposed plan, an outside auditor will be send to the agency and analyze all employees pay to ensure that the pay is equal and then switch the entire agency over to the new pay chart. The pay of the person experiencing the inequality will receive the new higher pay that their associate is receiving. This new pay system will ensure everyone is receiving the same pay and decrease the wage gender discrimination. Each year an outside auditor will be send to the agency and audit the pay of the employees to ensure the employer is adhering to the pay system.

Women employees make less than men in the same job position. “It is an absolute scandal that American women continue to earn just $0.77 for every dollar men earn.” (Sen. Mikulski) There should not be a gender pay gap. Workers should be given salaries based on their work ethics, degrees, and academic credentials.

Women are getting paid 79 cents to the dollar in relation to their male counterparts. They do the exact same work as the women do, yet they get paid a quarter more. The Equal Pay Act has been a law since 1963; for over 50 years this law has been in effect, yet women are still paid less than men in today’s society. The law states “No employer…shall discriminate…between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees…at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex…” (The Equal Pay Act of 1963)

Men and women today work in the same business industry, but the pay between genders is not the same. The New York Times article, Let’s Expose the Gender Pay Gap, by Joanne Lipman states, “More than half-century after President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the

Companies around America have unequal pay between sexes and the topic has brought up some controversy. Companies will say that it saves them money by paying women less. Female employees should not have a lesser pay than their male coworkers for the same work because unfair pay is illegal and women put just as much effort into their work as men.

I think we are all fairly equal, Whether it is on how we are treated job wise or just in general. Shouldn’t there be other things to worry about. And speaking of the job related topic, If women are getting paid less than men in some circumstances, You can’t immedialty blame it all sexim. In most cases men do tend to work harder, longer, faster and quicker and may have

The National Women’s Law Center states, “American women who work full time, year round are paid only 80 cents for every dollar paid men – and for women of color, the wage gap is even larger.” Women, as human beings and equals, have never been treated equally in the work place. However, today it varies from company to company on how much a woman is paid and if there equality in that salary, but there is not universal law that makes it one hundred percent equal. This wage gap specifically causes more issues because women are treated less than and are viewed unimportant at work.

The act that is already in place for this, the Equal Pay Act or EPA, requires that women and men in the same workplace must be given equal pay for equal work, preventing anyone from getting paid a fraction of what the other gender is. Many work places still do this, but the employees are unaware as it is considered unprofessional to talk about your pay within the work place to other co-workers. Also, employers have an easy way to get around this by saying that one does more work and takes on more responsibilities, when in reality, the other one may work just as hard if not harder. Under the Title VII of the ADA and ADEA prohibits compensation discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, and age. As I mentioned earlier, this is known almost worldwide, but actually doesn’t occur that often. In the past 3 years, there have been under 1,100 reports each

Despite the fact that the Equal Pay Act has been law since 1963, many problems inevitably arise in the administration of equal pay laws (Fisher). It has been estimated that at this current slow rate of progression in closing the gender pay gap it will be 2068 by the time men and women’s wages are equalized. It is clear that the business case, as well as the legislative case, has a significant role to play (Commission Policy Report).

All because of this it’s started to creates tension, a woman worker doing the same job as a man but not compensated equally, for example the environment can become tense. The woman might be resentful of the difference in pay, and the male employee could feel uncomfortable even though he is not