Some people believe that this act is not enforced as thoroughly as it should be. The act states, "prohibits wage discrimination based on sex, race, or national origin among employees for work in 'equivalent jobs'" (pay-equity.org). To help the government enforce this law employees need to report issues they see otherwise it may go unnoticed. Former employee Tyler Threatte of a Statesville business stated that the business “started men out at $7.25 an hour and women at $7.10 an hour”. The reasoning that they gave was because the men could remove the cooked pig from the pit and the women couldn’t, even though several of the women could. The act was created to stop men and women's pay from being different based solely on their
Some people believe that this act is not enforced as thoroughly as it should be. The act states, "prohibits wage discrimination based on sex, race, or national origin among employees for work in 'equivalent jobs'" (pay-equity.org). To help the government enforce this law employees need to report issues they see otherwise it may go unnoticed. Former employee Tyler Threatte of a Statesville business stated that the business “started men out at $7.25 an hour and women at $7.10 an hour”. The reasoning that they gave was because the men could remove the cooked pig from the pit and the women couldn’t, even though several of the women could. The act was created to stop men and women's pay from being different based solely on their