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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Pay equity"”.
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Wage rage: the struggle for equal pay and pay equity in Australia
… traverses Australian women's struggle for equal pay and pay equity from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginnings of the twenty-first. It recounts and analyses women's activism through campaigns targeting state and federal politicians, prime ministers, premiers and state and federal …
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Addressing gender pay gap and gender pay equity in the Future of Work
… However, even with the FOW, the issue of gender pay equity remains. Amidst the extensive literature aimed at addressing the global issue of gender pay gap, the lack of understanding of the potential impact of emerging trends and changes in the workplace environment, brought about by the FOW still …
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"A comparative study of gender-based pay equity implementation: lessons for South Africa"
… emphasis will be in the context of significant pay disparities between men and women, and women's segregation into low status or marginal forms of work. However, in as much, as a whole paper could be written on the reasons for pay inequity and arguments for and against pay equity, the fact …
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Pay Equity: Reassessing gender pay gap, a comparative analysis of South Africa, India and Tanzania
… in the workplace especially in the context of pay disparities between men and women and how to overcome and get rid of the existing discrimination by examining different jurisdictions. Pay equity struggles have been universal concern ever since both men and women entered the workforce. Women …
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An Analysis of Gender-Based Pay Equity of Instructional Faculty Members in the Virginia Community College System.
<p>Based on the premises of "Equity Theory" (Adams, 1963), this study evaluated the Virginia Community College System compensation rates and compared the salaries of similarly ranked and similarly qualified male and female faculty members. A quantitative analysis was conducted of the reported …
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PAY EQUITY: AN INQUIRY INTO THE LEGISLATED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL PAY FOR WORK OF EQUAL VALUE
… behind the use of legislation to achieve pay equity and in that context makes recommendations for the form of legislation for pay equity in Saskatchewan. The approach followed is identification of the problem, a study of theories which attempt to explain why the problem exists, an …
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The Use of Regularization to Detect Racial Inequities in Pay Equity Studies: An Empirical Study and Reflections on Regulation Methods
… method for identifying discrimination in pay. An empirical study on this topic was conducted using quantitative critical methods. A literature review first examined conflicting views on using multiple linear regression in pay equity studies. The review found that multiple linear regression …
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Minimum wages as a mechanism for gender pay equity: the role of gender in predicting labour market outcomes from the minimum wage in south Africa's retail and agricultural sectors
Do minimum wages promote greater equity in pay in a developing country context? This paper seeks to answer this question through employing two difference-in-difference (DID) regression techniques to uncover the gendered impact of South Africa's Sectoral Wage Determinations (‘sectoral minimum wages' …
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Multi-tier wage structures in a unionized environment: their effects upon worker perceptions
… is an examination of the effects of multi-tier pay structures upon worker perceptions of pay equity. This study represents a synthesis and replication of two earlier studies that achieved substantially different results. The core elements of the two primary studies (Martin and Peterson, 1987 and …
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A new compensation standard: equal pay for equal worth in Washington State
… strategy which goes beyond the equal pay standard. It uses job evaluation to measure job worth across occupations in the same organization. Rather than relying solely on prevailing market rates, the employer identifies compensable factors. Salary ranges are determined by how much each …
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Gender tipping: The effects of a changing student gender composition on new faculty salaries
… educational policies designed to promote gender equity. First, that the external labor market is the principal predictor of disciplinary salaries when all other factors are controlled, and second, that integration of women into these marketable disciplines will result in pay equity. This study …
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Proportionate income differentials: a long walk to social justice. A case study on the Entgeltrahmenabkommen (ERA) Baden-Wuerttemberg, a general agreement on pay grades, that seeks to achieve pay equity in this region of the German metal and electrical industry and a critical evaluation of how this model can assist in the implementation of section 27 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) of South Africa
… wage gap. They were mindful that the vertical pay gap need not only be ‛deracialized', but needs to be eradicated. In this regard the South African Constitution of 1996 and the Employment Equity Act of 1998 (EEA) underpins the demand for non-discriminatory pay structures. Section 27 of the EEA …
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Are Men Healthcare Executives more Successful than Women Healthcare Executives?
… is no good answer to the question on how long pay disparity will continue between men and women healthcare executives. The study provides insight that may help answer the question, and also supplies new information on why the disparity still exists. Data for healthcare executives were obtained …
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Exploring an HIstorical Transition in Early Childhood Education in Ontario
… 2012): for example, consistency in terminology, pay equity, universality, and issues regarding the current infrastructure; and the third theme investigated was intellectualization as part of the professional process: for instance, current curriculum focus, higher-learning demands, ongoing …
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Antifeminismo de Estado: uma análise sociopolítica da ascensão das parlamentares antifeministas no Brasil
… be observed, acting against historical gender equity agendas and shaping State antifeminism, which aims to institutionalize discourses and actions that counter the achievements gained through feminist struggles. Based on the hypothesis that the presence of antifeminist federal deputies …
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Gender justice : equality in employment with regards to laws and the courts including the North American Free Trade Agreement and the European Economic Community Treaty
… Canada and Europe; Chapter 4 investigates pay equity and access to employment, looking at inequality in the workplace; Chapter 5 looks at international and North American laws and court cases dealing with gender discrimination and especially the important issue of the burden of proof …
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