In order to apply the Equal Pay Act there are four criteria that need to be met. They are; Equal Skill‚ Equal Effort‚ Equal Responsibility‚ and Similar Working Conditions. According to the article titled An Analysis of the Equal Pay Act‚ “Equal Skill constitutes the performance requirement of the jobs under consideration‚ not the skills which are unnecessary for the job but which an employee might possess.” Examples of the skills that are under consideration are experience‚ training‚ education‚ and
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Ironically‚ I never understood the concept‚ that businesses must not discuss pay among employees. Unfortunately‚ if people talk about their pay‚ they will be terminated. If two individuals hold the same job title‚ again why‚ shouldn’t they be paid equal pay. At least in the contractual world‚ pay is based on multiple factors; education‚ skills‚ along with experience‚ are the top reasons for pay difference. My company paid employees the same pay in their position; consequently‚ employees that possessed
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Example Answers to Questions on Recruitment and Selection Read more: http://www.ukessays.com/essays/business/example-answers-to-questions-on-recruitment-and-selection-business-essay.php#ixzz2KLxsls71 Q1. Explain the impact of both the law and organizational procedures on the process of recruitment and selection. Recruitment is the process of location‚ identifying‚ and attracting capable applications for jobs available in an organization. Accordingly‚ the recruitment process comprises the following
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Why Animals are not Equal to Human Beings Some philosophers deny that animals warrant direct moral concern due to religious or philosophical theories of the nature of the world and the proper place of its inhabitants. One of the earliest and clearest expressions of this kind of view comes to us from Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.). According to Aristotle‚ there is a natural hierarchy of living beings. The different levels are determined by the abilities present in the beings due to their natures. While
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Society 10/15/12 Affirmative action is a policy used to amend past discrimination against women and minority groups through procedures to increase their education and economic prospects. This policy has been a collective tool in protecting the rights of the minority‚ which is one of the goals of the legal system. However‚ some of the people that fall into the majority group believe that the affirmative action is racial discrimination‚ and goes against the most basic principle of meritocracy.
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society to be mentally‚ physically and socially equal. The beautiful people are covered with hideous masks‚ the intelligent people wear ear pieces that let off loud obnoxious sounds at random to throw off there thought process and the strong people wear weights to be equal to the weaker people. The society is not equal because no one can truly be changed unless they want to be. Putting a handicap on an intelligent person does not make him or her equal to an average person‚ because he or she is still
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All Animals Are Equal* PETER SINGER In recent years a number of oppressed groups have campaigned vigorously for equality. The classic instance is the Black Liberation movement‚ which demands an end to the prejudice and discrimination that has made blacks second-class citizens. The immediate appeal of the black liberation movement and its initial‚ if limited‚ success made it a model for other oppressed groups to follow. We became familiar with liberation movements for Spanish-Americans‚ gay people
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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 stated that all employees are paid equally for equal work and labor without sex discrimination (The Equal Pay Act of 1963‚ para. 2). At first‚ in order to operate the equal pay appropriately‚ evaluating job values should be fairly required. In the usual manner‚ many organizations have started an annual salary system‚ which has difficulty in adopting a fair evaluation of different works. Although a job-based pay‚ which is conducted by fair evaluation of jobs‚ were first introduced
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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law on June 10‚ 1963‚ by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program. In the Equal Pay Act of 1963 it prohibits gender discrimination when it comes to the payment of their wages. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 allows both men and women to know that they can stand side by side and do the same job for the same amount of pay. This provision allows both genders to get paid equally no matter their gender. This is based off of equal work on jobs the performance
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A Good Attitude Equals a Good Life Would you rather look at a glass as half empty or half full? Three ways to help you maintain a good attitude in order to maintain a happy life are look at the positive‚ treat others the way you want to be treated‚ and never hold a grudge. Maintaining a good attitude in life will not only make you happier but it will make you healthier. Good attitudes reduce your stress level which equals a good life. If we always look at the positive in life we will not be
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