wage equality
Same pay, same work
Wage equality is the principle that workers should receive the same pay for the same work, regardless of gender, race, or other characteristics unrelated to job performance.
The term appears most often in discussions of the gender wage gap: The new policy aims to achieve wage equality by 2030.
Distinguished from pay equity, which may account for comparable work across different job categories.
- job securityProtected employment status
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- closing the gapReducing separation or difference
- anti-discrimination policiesRules forbidding prejudicial treatment
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
pay transparency · salary negotiation · fair compensation · labor unions · trade unions · union dues · workplace diversity · poverty alleviation · grassroots campaigns · wealth redistribution · bill · performance reviews · employment contracts · glass ceiling · women's work · pink collar · equal work · labor rights
- fairnessfair play, fair shake, fair treatment, fair and square, fair share
- gender equalitygender equity, equal rights, gender parity, women's rights, gender discrimination
- pay equitypay parity, salary equity, salary parity, fair pay, pay gap
- workplace rightsemployment rights, workplace rights, job protection, job security, workplace safety
- women's benefitsmaternity leave, maternity benefits, childcare support, prenatal care, postnatal care
- women's rightssuffrage movement, women's suffrage, women's rights, feminism, women's vote
wage equalitywage inequality
Uneven earnings distribution
pay inequality · wage disparity · pay disparity · income inequality · wage gap
wage equalitymerit-based pay
Compensation reflecting individual achievement
pay-for-performance · pay for performance · incentive pay · meritocracy · wage discrimination
wage equalitylabor exploitation
Unfair treatment of workers
wage theft · pay discrimination · wage suppression · underpayment · poverty wages