equal pay
Same wage fairness
Equal pay is compensation at the same rate for the same work, regardless of the worker's sex, race, or other characteristics.
The principle that women should receive equal pay for equal work has been codified in law in many countries, though pay gaps persist in practice: She sued her employer over equal pay violations.
Fixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- remunerationPayment for work done
- earningsMoney gained from work
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
paycheck · wage gap · salary range · hourly rate · annual salary · bonus · raise · benefits
Employment discrimination prohibition statute
- Civil Rights ActLaw prohibiting discrimination
- EEOCFederal workplace discrimination agency
- wage discriminationUnequal compensation for comparable labor
- employment lawStatutes governing workplace relations
class action · legal recourse · protected class · remediation · compliance · litigation · settlement · labor standards
Just and equal treatment
- justiceFair treatment under law
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- activismDirect effort for reform
- reformImprove by correcting faults
awareness · campaign · movement · legislation · policy change · solidarity · empowerment · accountability
One who employs others
- employeeHired organizational member
- hiringGiving someone work
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
human resources · job evaluation · performance review · negotiation · retention · workforce · labor market · career progression
Inequality between sexes
- wage disparityUnequal compensation for work
- salary transparencyOpen sharing of pay
- motherhood penaltyEarnings loss affecting parents
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
intersectionality · diversity · inclusion · representation · advancement · opportunity gap · systemic bias · undervaluation
salary
Fixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- remunerationPayment for work done
- earningsMoney gained from work
income · paycheck · wage gap · salary range · hourly rate · annual salary · bonus · raise · benefits · overtime
Title VII
Employment discrimination prohibition statute
- Civil Rights ActLaw prohibiting discrimination
- EEOCFederal workplace discrimination agency
- wage discriminationUnequal compensation for comparable labor
employment law · class action · legal recourse · protected class · remediation · compliance · litigation · settlement · labor standards · disparate impact
fairness
Just and equal treatment
reform · awareness · campaign · movement · legislation · policy change · solidarity · empowerment · accountability · disclosure
employer
One who employs others
recruitment · human resources · job evaluation · performance review · negotiation · retention · workforce · labor market · career progression · job classification
gender gap
Inequality between sexes
- wage disparityUnequal compensation for work
- salary transparencyOpen sharing of pay
- motherhood penaltyEarnings loss affecting parents
glass ceiling · intersectionality · diversity · inclusion · representation · advancement · opportunity gap · systemic bias · undervaluation · closing the gap
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, women's rights, feminist novels, feminist themes
- women's rightssuffrage movement, women's suffrage, women's rights, feminism, women's vote
- ageismageism, age discrimination, elder abuse, elder neglect, adultism
- discrimination lawanti-discrimination, nondiscrimination, gender bias, discrimination lawsuit, discrimination suit
- equalityegalitarian, egalitarianism, equity, equitable, parity
equal paypay discrimination
Unequal compensation for comparable work
wage discrimination · wage gap · gender pay gap · unequal pay · pay disparity
equal paymerit-based pay
Compensation reflecting individual achievement
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