Human Resource Management As was discussed in chapter 2 this week, The 1963 Equa

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Human Resource Management
As was discussed in chapter 2 this week, The 1963 Equal Pay Act makes it fillegal to discriminate on basis of sex concerning pay. The jobs must be equal in pay if: (1) same work, (2) equivalent skills required & (3) work in similar conditions. On the surface, this appears to be a good solution but there is still wide spread pay variance for the same job. Some of that is due to geography but there is cases presented (on a fairly regular basis) that reflect unequal pay between the sexes. The following was posted on the website 'Society for Human Resource Management: The post reflects that there is a general movement in state law that will start to ensure that the federal law is complied with and, in some cases, expanded Post from Society for Human Resource Management Pay Equity Pay equity laws are likely to spread into more states in 2017, predicted Kris Meade, an attorney with Crowell & Moring in Washington, D.C. In 2016, pay equity laws took effect in California, Maryland and New York, and a pay equity statute was signed into law in Massachusetts, becoming effective in 2018 Each has unique provisions, Meade noted. Massachusetts prohibits salary history questions. Employers may instead use market surveys, to the extent they are available for positions, noted Christine Hendrickson, an attorney with Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago. For an existing position, employers know what the market is; it's the nevw positions that are trickier, she observed. in Maryland, employers now are required to inform employees about promotions in the full range of career tracks. So, they probably should post all open positions, even those that typically had not been posted, such as for vice president and above, Meade said

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3. Yes, I think inequality is a significant issues in texas. Therefore, serious concerns must be raised to solve this issue. It needs both state an industry level intervention. As state can only implement law but only industry can make it work. More efforts to be made by the company’s on policies related to equal pay and make them sure that is being properly implemented at the work place.

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