(PDF) Equal Pay for Equal Work
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RUNNING AHEAD: SOCIAL INNOVATION: PAY EQUITY1SOCIAL INNOVATION: PAY EQUITYStudent NameSchool Name
SOCIAL INNOVATION: PAY EQUITY2Table of ContentsIntroduction...........................................................................................................................................1About Equal pay act..............................................................................................................................1Equal pay act in Iceland and the US......................................................................................................3Pay gap in Hollywood...........................................................................................................................4Pay gap in sports....................................................................................................................................5Why women are paid less?....................................................................................................................6Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................7References.............................................................................................................................................7
SOCIAL INNOVATION: PAY EQUITY3Introduction Equal pay for equal work is a very sensitive discussion and it has been going on for years now. It prevails in a lot of countries where women are paid lesser than that of men, while theyperform the same activities as that of men. Each country has its own law to govern this aspect, but despite multiple efforts, the employers don’t adhere to this completely. It is merely impossible for the government to track the records of all the organization and hence, they are discriminating employees on the grounds of sex, age and disability specifically. Equal pay for equal work was introduced because of number of female employees doing the same work as that of men, but they were paid less because of the gender. This problem was faced by people with disability and also people who were younger in age. Many of the organizational set up is still trying to implement this successfully and people from Hollywoodand sports have also started to talk about this and hence, this has become an important topic which needs to be addressed without any ignorance.About Equal pay actThis act states that if a men and women are performing similarly responsibilities in the similar environment then they should be paid equal. An employer should take into consideration the skills, responsibilities, effort, working conditions and job content to fix on the pay and accordingly, they should be paid. Each of the factors is explained below.Skill – An individual’s skill is measured by education, trainings acquired, ability and the education. The act states that if two individuals are performing the same job then they should be paid equal. If two employees are working as lab assistant. One holds a graduation degree in Chemistry and the other one holds a graduation degree in Chemistry and also a masters in bachelors of commerce then they both would be paid
SOCIAL INNOVATION: PAY EQUITY4equal as the masters in bachelors of commerce will not add any value to the rule of the individualEffort – The physical and mental efforts put in by the individuals should be measured to decide on the pay offered. In warehouse management, there would be people who are responsible for moving the finished goods to transport vehicle. The employer will have to accept the fact that lifting the finished goods from one place to another would require extra efforts than that of all the others working in the warehouse and hence, they should be paid more than the others. This would be applicable, irrespective of thegender (Wharton 2015).Working conditions – working conditions would talk about the temperature of work area, hazardous gases that may be expelled, temperature and also the hazards. A person working in the factory should be paid more than that of someone who does the similar work in an office environment. If a worker is operating the machinery in a hot temperature then they need to be paid more irrespective of the gender (Watts 2015).Establishment – This equal pay act is applicable to employees who are working in the same organization and not in different establishments. Each organization would have a separate pay structure and the pay structure of different organizations cannot be compared, even if the roles and responsibilities handled by the employees is the same (Tschopp 2014).The organization has all the rights to increase the pay of an individual, but there should be a pure justification for the same. The management can raise the pay based on his performance (improvement in the quality or quantity of production), experience and other positive attributes that may be adding value to the job that they do. In under any condition, sex shouldn’t be one of the criterions. If the organization has decided to rectify the pay gap
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