underpay
Offer inadequate compensation
To underpay is to pay less than what's owed or deserved.
Workers may be underpaid relative to their skills, their hours, or what others earn for similar work: The company systematically underpaid its warehouse staff.
The past tense is underpaid: She was underpaid for years before getting a raise.
Payment for work
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- earningsMoney gained from work
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- remunerationPayment for work done
income · stipend · fee · honorarium · allowance · pittance · subsistence · payroll
Exploitative manufacturing workplace
- cheap laborUndervalued workforce services
- wage theftEmployer withholding earned compensation
- overworkToil to exhaustion
- undervalueEstimate below true worth
gig economy · migrant workers · domestic workers · garment workers · farm laborers · zero-hour contracts · piece rate · undocumented workers
Disparity in earnings
- gender gapInequality between sexes
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- living wageIncome covering necessities
poverty wages · income gap · glass ceiling · salary negotiation · transparency · equal work · essential workers
Unjust or partial
- violationBreaking of rules
- labor rightsEmployees' legal workplace entitlements
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- redressCompensation for injury
collective bargaining · unionize · strike · protest · lawsuit · restitution · whistleblower · labor law
wages
Payment for work
remuneration · income · stipend · fee · honorarium · allowance · pittance · subsistence · payroll · payout
sweatshop
Exploitative manufacturing workplace
- cheap laborUndervalued workforce services
- wage theftEmployer withholding earned compensation
- overworkToil to exhaustion
undervalue · gig economy · migrant workers · domestic workers · garment workers · farm laborers · zero-hour contracts · piece rate · undocumented workers · subcontracting
wage gap
Disparity in earnings
- gender gapInequality between sexes
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
living wage · poverty wages · income gap · glass ceiling · salary negotiation · transparency · equal work · essential workers
unfair
Unjust or partial
- violationBreaking of rules
- labor rightsEmployees' legal workplace entitlements
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
redress · collective bargaining · unionize · strike · protest · lawsuit · restitution · whistleblower · labor law · wage claim
- work problemslayoff, firing, burnout, deadline pressure, job loss
- workplace issuesturnover, layoffs, understaffing, low morale, harassment
- underpaid workersStaff earning below fair wages
underpaid, underpayment, underpays, underpaying, underpayments