Equal pay? Not if jobs aren’t really equal

Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2012-05-21 19:11

Article here. Excerpt:

'The Equal Pay Act (EPA) says that men and women who perform jobs requiring equal skill, effort and responsibility should be paid the same. But that doesn’t mean everyone with the same title or similar job responsibilities falls into the same pay category.

Employers can, for example, pay a male employee who has greater financial responsibilities or who handles bigger budgets more than it does a woman who holds a similar position, but manages less money.

Just make sure you can justify the difference, based on the impact on the company’s bottom line.'

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