paper is to discuss if pay equity legislation has worked to eliminate the wage gap between males and females in the workforce. This paper will discuss current pay equity legislation. Federal legislation includes the Canadian Human Rights Act, the Equal Wages Guidelines, and the Canada Labour Code, Part III. Provincial legislation includes the Ontario Pay Equity Act. This paper will also cover a brief time line of the history of pay equity and who is actually covered by pay equity legislation. Lastly
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A Study of pay Inequity between Genders Abstract As long as an American woman is putting in the same amount of hours with the same qualifications and experience in the same occupation as an American male, and yet taking home a wage that is any lower, she is not being treated fairly as an equal. Contrary to many arguments, it is unquestionable that a wage gap exists, and while there are various ideas as to the most probable cause, there is no reason why this gap should continue to go uncorrected
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history there were segregated schools, bathrooms, and everything else. Segregation was abolished and other laws had to be passes before the US become like it is today. Voting was restricted to only white men, but laws were passed for everyone to be equal. Many things have changed throughout the years, including working environments. There are laws to protect potential or current employees from being discrimination against. Laws that protect employees from discrimination are the employment discrimination
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- 014 Equality of Pay It is interesting to realize how anybody can go to the store, see a male and female cashier who both have been working at the store for 7 years, both work equally as hard and even sometimes the female will work harder than the male. Little do people know, is that the female, like many others in the United States, especially in Texas, are only receiving 77% of what her fellow male co worker is making. Currently in Texas, employers are protected by a pay equity policy called
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persistent and determined efforts to expand the scope of their civil rights. Although equal rights for all were affirmed in the founding documents of this country, many American’s were still denied essential employment rights. Because of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement, many laws were passed and enacted barring an employer from discriminating against employees on most grounds. Aside from the quality of an employee's work or the nature of his or her personality, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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forefront. That issue being a gender wage gap. Women noticeably get paid only 77 percent of what men get paid for doing the same exact job. A plethora of steps need to be taken and enforced before the workforce as a whole takes action towards an equal gender wage. Pay equity is not something women have been totally deprived of. What women have received under the means of "equity" are slim to none and compared to the possibilities, it is not at all acceptable. Women are constantly fighting for equality
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with Disabilities Act of 1990 regarding people with disabilities, Equal Pay Act of 1963 regarding wage discrimination between men and women, and lastly the Texas Minimum Wage Act regarding the least amount of an hourly wage payable in the state of Texas. I will give a brief summary of each of the four Acts and consequences for noncompliance. Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is regulated and enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). As a new business, if
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that Sam found between the pay of women and men who performed the exact same job in the plant. He found that the women made only about 60% of what the men earned. He also discovered that while all of the office jobs were occupied by women, their pay was almost at the bottom of the pay grade. In the case of the office jobs, it may be difficult to claim discrimination because all of the pay is low and there are not any men in the area to which pay can be compared. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (DON’T KNOW
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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, women in the US are paid 77 cents to every dollar that men are paid (The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, 2009). African-American women on the other hand, earn 64 cents for every dollar, while Latina women earn 55 cents per dollar earned by men. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) was created to require that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, n.d.). The forms of pay are also covered
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Gender Wage Gap: A Social Injustice Kattie Andrus English 122: English Composition II Erin Reaume May 19th, 2014 Imagine yourself going into work every day, punching the time clock with your fellow coworkers who complete the same job tasks as you but when payday comes around you have only earned about three-fourths of what they were paid. Wouldn’t you be a little outraged or even feel somewhat belittled? In America today statistics indicate there is a gender income gap where women and men
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