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I am wondering if any employers or employees know anything about Pay Equity. I have recently been introduced to it and need to get some information from anyone that may have any experience with it.
You know, I think it is a utopian bit of nonsense that ignores workplace reality. The word "Fair" is a rather abstract term and can be defined in a host of ways.
On one end, it can be argued that two employees with the same job description should get paid precisely the same amount of money. However, in the real world, one can have two different employees that share precisely the same job description but have completely different value to the company.
Employee A might walk in the office at the dot of 8:00, only do what is asked of her, watch the clock, have a sullen attitude, and sprint out the door at the dot of 5:00. Mind you, she's doing what the job description entails, but not much more.
Meanwhile, Employee B might show up ten minutes early, go above and beyond in her duties, seek out additional things to do on those odd times when she's idle, come up with ideas to make the office work better, work a little past quitting time when required, and has a cheerful, enthusiastic attitude that contributes to the work environment.
Now, is it fair that both employees get the same amount of money?
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Equal pay among employees doing the same job is very rare. The main reason is that most of the time only one starts at a time, so if they all start out at the minimum salary in the range, the one who started first will always be making more, assuming that raises are based on things like becoming competent in the work, annual cost of living, or performance based.
Here I have 3 people doing the same work and their salaries differ by about $4/hour.
Equal pay among employees doing the same job is very rare. The main reason is that most of the time only one starts at a time, so if they all start out at the minimum salary in the range, the one who started first will always be making more, assuming that raises are based on things like becoming competent in the work, annual cost of living, or performance based.
Here I have 3 people doing the same work and their salaries differ by about $4/hour.
Exactly. Let's say you have three different people working as an administrative assistant. One has been there five years, one has been there two years, and one has been there two weeks. The first one knows the ins and outs of the company, knows the clients, and knows how to get things done in the most effective and efficient way possible. The new hire is just learning the ropes. They shouldn't get paid anywhere close to the same amount of money.
Great thank you so much for all your help! I did more research and gathered that Pay Equity does not conflict with internal equity! So if there is an employee in the same job class as another employee and they are doing a LOT better in terms of performance, then you can pay them a bit more based on a formal merit system you may have, or a formal seniority system. Mainly it's there to make sure female job classes and being paid equal to male job classes that are comparable in value. To me that seems amazing and a great advancement! I just never knew I should be following it and it will take a great effort to implement.
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