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Keywords

  • Equal pay for equal work
  • Pay equity
  • Equal Pay Act of 1963
  • Affirmative action
 

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Definition

The phrase equal pay refers to "the right in law for men and women to receive the same remuneration as a member of the opposite sex in the same employment who is engaged in similar work, work rated as equivalent under a common job evaluation procedure, or work which is of equal value."

(A Dictionary of Human Resource Management, 2008)

 

Narrowing the topic

  • On average, do men receive more pay than women?
  • Are salaries equal for men and women who hold jobs of equal standing and skill requirements?
  • Do minorities receive less pay than their Anglo counterparts?
  • Are heterosexuals inclined to be paid more than homosexuals?
  • Is the older population entering into the workforce receiving equal pay as their younger counterparts?
  •  What is the Equal Pay Act of 1963?
  • Does Affirmative Action guarantee salary equity?
 

Books Available at the Reference Desk

Current Controversies: "Wage Gap"
Call Number: REF HD4975 .W29 2008

Opposing Viewpoints: "Discrimination"
Call Number: REF JC599.U5 D56 2008

Opposing Viewpoints: "Working Women"
Call Number: REF HQ759.48 .W675 2008

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Call Number: REF 202.S73

Women in American society
Call Number: REF HQ 1402.W652 2008

 
 

Sources shelved in the Reference Collection

Encyclopedia of American women in business "Compensation"
Call Number: REF HD 6054.4 .U6 K753 2005

Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor "Comparable Worth"
Call Number: REF HD 6066 .H57 2004

Work in America :an encyclopedia of history, policy, and society "Comparable Worth" "Equal Pay Act"
Call Number: REF HD8066 .W637 2003, v.2

 
 

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