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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@SEVY2001Independent2yrs2Y
Yes, but foremost encourage and give people the ability to actually freely work and manage for themselves instead of under a repressive wage-system.
@958WXLD3yrs3Y
No, but wages should be made public so employees can know if they're being paid fairly or not
Yes, If they have the same qualifications, tenure, and experience everyone should be payed equally
@9486TCC3yrs3Y
yes and your retarded if you think otherwise
no, there are many factors that determine pay
@92Z36RF3yrs3Y
Yes, but there is many other variables that change it so we need to make it open and available for everyone to see to call out unfair wages.
@8YCKCH23yrs3Y
Depending on if they have the same amount of experience for the job
@8X6Q7W54yrs4Y
Yes, if they both do the job correctly
@8VXQFCZ4yrs4Y
if the work is the same in basically the same time frame then the pay should be the same it depends on how the work turns out
@8N6HKWY5yrs5Y
No, but two individuals who are identical other than gender should be payed the same.
They were always paid the same Men just statistically work more hours and go for higher-paying jobs
Employers should be held accountable by employees who freely discuss their salaries with eachother.
@9845TVH3yrs3Y
Regardless, people should be paid for their quality of work, not gender
@97Q56D43yrs3Y
Yes, but not for private businesses
If both individuals are equally qualified, yes
@8RVLDSL4yrs4Y
Employers should be required to pay the same salary no matter the gender, but should be allowed to adjust the salary based on the workers' efficiency.
@8SDG9GW4yrs4Y
Yes, and actively strive to make the average earnings of each gender the same.
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