wage equity
Equal compensation principle
Wage equity is the principle that workers should receive equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender, race, or other demographic factors.
The term appears most often in discussions of the gender pay gap: The company conducted an audit to ensure wage equity.
Wage equity efforts aim to close systematic disparities in compensation for comparable positions and experience.
- raiseLift or increase
- equal payMatching compensation regardless of identity
- pay raiseHigher compensation rate
- anti-discrimination lawsLegislation forbidding unequal treatment
- pay transparencyOpen sharing of compensation information
women's rights · gender equality · economic mobility · paycheck · labor unions · bonus · representation · cost-of-living adjustments · employment contracts · work for hire · salary negotiation · glass ceiling · pink collar · parity · anti-discrimination policies · envelope · gender · salary
- pay equityequal pay, pay equality, pay parity, salary parity, fair pay
wage equitypay discrimination
Unequal compensation for comparable work
wage discrimination · unequal pay · gender pay gap · racial pay gap · wage theft
wage equitypay disparity
Unequal earnings between groups
wage disparity · wage inequality · pay inequality · salary gap · pay gap