Employment compensation

The gender wage gap in California has been know about for many years, but no one is willing to step up and say something about it for fear of retaliation by employers. People have tried to put changes in place in the past, but they all failed when tried to get passed. Finally on Tuesday, California’s first wage equality measure was passed and signed into law. The act says that women in the state have to be paid the same as their male counterparts. In the past, women were paid as little as 84…

Gender Wage Gap “Women earn less than men in every state and region of the country; women earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. The Equal Pay Act was put into act in 1963” (Meric, Linda), and yet there is still a wage gap between men and women. There is no reason for men to be paid more than women for the same job. We need to notice that this is still happening even after laws have been passed to stop it. We need to stand up and fight for the sake of women's equality, education, and…

Since the 1960s, women’s rights have been one of the major focuses in our social and political world. According to research studies, a woman’s wage is only 79 percent of man’s wage; meaning, a woman makes $4 for every $5 that a man makes (“Gender Pay Inequality…”, 2016). On June 10, 1963, the Equal Pay Act was signed by John F. Kennedy (“Gender Pay Inequality…”, 2016). The purpose of this law was to establish equality between men and women in the workforce. Both men and women should receive…

Once women began entering the working world an issue arose from the gender based wages. Women began to notice how much more men got paid for the same amount of work which went against America’s founding viewpoint that all men are created equal. As one can tell the two sides of the matter are whether or not women deserve the pay. Although laws were passed in the United States to end the gender wage gap, women still suffer the unfair payment; therefore, the country’s governments needs to enforce…

workers on zero-hours contracts last year rose by 19% in the United Kingdom (Palmer, 2015). Translated, this means that 744,000 employees were working on zero hour contracts. In 2014, 2.0% were the people that relied on zero hour contracts as its main employment, the year later it rose to 2.4% (Palmer,…

The 2016 election is no doubt one that will go down in history. Although the two candidates had differing opinions about almost everything, there was one issue they both agreed on: paid maternity leave. This election was the first time in history both parties pushed for paid maternity leave, but as always, they disagreed on the logistics. Donald Trump believes women deserve 6 weeks of paid maternity leave after childbirth, and plans to pay for it through unemployment insurance. In contrast,…

Despite the fact that over the last fifty years women significantly improved their social position in America and drastically changed the economic situation, by taking over almost half of today’s professions, they are still facing wage discrimination based on gender. According to the Labor Department, the wage gap over the last few years was continuously narrowing; however, the monetary expansion that happened in the last few months greatly improved the economic position of men. As a result of…

Women Unequal Pay in Developed Countries Women and unequal pay is a normal social issue has been existing on the world stage for decades. Since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act (EPA) in 1963, women have earned 59 percent for every dollar that earned by men. Today, the pay gap became narrowed but still exists with women earning 79 percent for every dollar earned by men (Hallman). During the past few decades, a lot of people participated in the study of why this social issue still exists…

The gender wage gap has been a trending controversy over the past years. Women have been striving for equality that can be traced all the way back to 1776 and although the discrimination has weakened over the years, it still remains (Pay Scale). The idea that the gender wage gap does not exist is a hoax. Karin Agness Lips writes, “Using the statistic that women make 78 cents on the dollar as evidence of rampant discrimination has been debunked over and over again. That statistic doesn’t take…

After years of fighting for equality in America, inequality is still the norm. Inequality still exists in the workplace because of sex, race, and education. The question to be answered is why does inequality still such a problem in a country that was built off the premise of equality. One of the largest inequalities that face the workplace is pay gaps between genders. Women and men are still paid differing salaries for the same professions. One of the beliefs that continue to…