equal work
Identical labor performed
Equal work refers to labor that requires comparable skill, effort, and responsibility under similar working conditions.
The phrase appears most often in discussions of pay equity: equal pay for equal work.
It's a legal and political standard used to argue that compensation should match the job's demands, not the worker's identity.
Determining what counts as equal work—versus merely similar work—is often contested.
- fair payReasonable compensation for work
- wage gapDisparity in earnings
- gender pay gapIncome inequality between sexes
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
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- pay equitypay parity, salary parity, fair pay, pay gap, wage gap
equal workcarrying the load
free riding · exploitation · slacking · coasting · shirking
equal workno work
Absence of employment
idleness · inactivity · overwork · minimal effort · shirking
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