In 2014 the U.S. Senate blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act which would make it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who perform the same work. The goals of the act were to make wages more transparent, require employers to prove that wage discrepancies are tied to legitimate business qualifications and not gender and prohibiting companies from taking retaliatory action against employees who raise concerns about gender-based wage discrimination. Opponents argue that studies which show pay gaps don’t take into account women who take jobs that are more family-friendl…
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@9KF49B91yr1Y
No, people should not be paid the same amount. If an employee is inefficient while working, they should not be paid the same as someone who puts more effort in and performs better while working. It has nothing to do with gender, rather it has everything to do how effective a worker is.
@9K4JCB31yr1Y
Those working the same job shouldn't have a different pay based off of gender, religion, preference in partner, race, etc. However, those who work harder and have a higher paying job/title, shouldn't be discriminated against either.
@9HN59362yrs2Y
I think you should be paid for how well the job is done. If a man does the job better and quicker than the women the women should not be paid the same.
@9H2P7PJ2yrs2Y
No because for example, woman's soccer makes hundreds of millions of dollars less than men's soccer, so if they work as hard and do as a good a job than yes. Same applies for switched roles
@9GX7P9G2yrs2Y
Men and Woman working everything the same, same experience, and hours should be paid the same if everything is equivalent.
@9GNMS7H2yrs2Y
No, but there should be a new organization that works similar to health inspectors, checking the wages and making sure they are fair.
@9GHY4Q62yrs2Y
If they work the same hours and put in the same effort then, yes. If one (men) does more than the other than no.
@9DRNPFT2yrs2Y
They already have the same pay it just depends on the job they have.
@9DQ7CLFRepublican2yrs2Y
If the woman does as good as a job as the man then they should be paid the same.
@9D9B5JV2yrs2Y
pay the person who does a better job more
@94QF4RS3yrs3Y
Regardless of gender i think both women and men should get payed for how good the quality of the work is done, I also think education, experience and tenure are in different categories because you can have a good education but not much experience in jobs and ETC.
@945ZC983yrs3Y
No, especially if the other gender doesn't put the same amount of work into it.
@945HTKB3yrs3Y
Whoever does better work
@92YYJ8Q3yrs3Y
Yes they should be paid equally, but I believe it depends on the position of the job.
@8YVG7KB3yrs3Y
Yes, and the thing that should differ the salary is the education, experience, and the position of the job. The wage should be equal regardless of gender.
@8F34KR45yrs5Y
Yes, but the current requirements in the Equal Pay Act of 1963 are already sufficient, they just need to be enforced.
@99K9LPZ2yrs2Y
Yes, only if the man and woman are the same in other areas
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