Difference between revisions of "Comparable worth"

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'''Comparable Worth''', also known as pay equity, is determining what an employee should be payed based on the worth of a job, rather than the job title or classification. This method is intended to eliminate the discrepancies in salaries paid to [[men]] and [[women]].<ref>US Government and politics</ref>
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The '''comparable worth''' theory of labor assessment hopes to place government bureaucracy in charge of determining the value of work, rather than the marketplace, particularly when it comes to setting wages for men and women. The opposing theory is "[[equal pay for equal work]]".
  
 
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Revision as of 23:42, March 27, 2008

The comparable worth theory of labor assessment hopes to place government bureaucracy in charge of determining the value of work, rather than the marketplace, particularly when it comes to setting wages for men and women. The opposing theory is "equal pay for equal work".

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