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PAY EQUITY
EQUAL PAY FOR WORK OF EQUAL VALUE
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 Pay Equity Defined
§ A goal that is achieved or a program that is
undertaken to end wage discrimination
against female dominated jobs by creating
a system of compensation that is free of
sexual discrimination
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Cont…..
The Indian Human Rights Code
states:

 “It is a discriminatory practice for an

employer to establish or maintain
differences in wages between male and
female employees, employed in the same
establishments, who are performing work of
equal value.”
 Government Goal
§ To close the gender wage gap by complying
with the Indian Human Rights Code

 Steps Taken to Reduce
the Wage Gap


§ Equalizing base rates of pay

§ Elimination of increments
§ Employment equity hiring
§ Job reviews to identify wage inequities
♦
 How can you compare
Apples and Oranges?
 150 grams Weight 150 grams
 87 calories Calories 73 calories
 21.7 grams Carbohydrates 18.3 grams
 0.3 grams Proteins 1.5 grams
 1.5 grams Fiber .08 grams
 140 IU Vitamin A 300 IU
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 Criteria for Job Review
1)Skill
2)Effort
3)Responsibility
4)Working Conditions
 Skill
§ Knowledge
§ Experience
§ Problem Solving
§ Decision Making
 Effort
§ Physical Effort
§ Concentration
§ Dexterity
 Responsibility
§ Accountability
§ Leadership/Supervision of Others
§ Communication
§ Service to Others
♦
 Working Conditions
§ Environmental/Working Conditions

 Weighting of Factors
♦ SKILL = 35%
♦ EFFORT = 20%
♦ RESPONSIBILITY = 35%
♦ WORKING CONDITIONS = 10%
♦
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 Problems Encountered and
Lessons Learned
§ Communication!
 Communication!
 Communication!
§ Managing Expectations
§ Dealing with Backlash
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 Defeating Pay Equity Myths
1.Woman do not work for a secondary
income
2.Women are committed to the workforce
3.Women do not necessarily have better and
safer working conditions than men
4.Women do not choose to work in low-
paying jobs
5.Pay equity does not threaten the free market
system
6.
7.
 Defeating Pay Equity Myths
6.Pay equity does not mean the end of a free
and democratic society
7.Pay equity will not mean economic disaster
8.Pay equity does not mean creating another
huge bureaucracy
9.Pay equity will not hurt women
10.Pay equity will not hurt men
11.
What we are……………
 TABLE-6
AVERAGE WAGE EARNING (IN RS.) RECEIVED PER DAY BY CASUAL LABOURERS BY SEX, TYPE OF OPERATION
AND
INDUSTRY DURING 2008-2009 (RURAL AREAS)

Category
Casual Labourers in other Type of operation
(A) Manual Work in Female
42.91 Male
60.09
types of works Cultivation
1) Plouging 40.73 50.81
2) Sowing 28.37 38.78
3) Transplanting 29.22 39.15
4) Weeding 30.74 40.68
5) Harvesting 29.24 39.21
6) Other Cultivation 27.65 39.27
activities
(b) Manual work in other 30.65 44.84
Women & Men in

Agricultural Activities
CSO, Ministry

1) Forestry 33.34 46.45

Source: NSSO 55th Round (July

2) Plantation 41.30 61.59

3)Animal husbandry 21.88 28.11
of Statistics & Programme

4) Fiseries 55.73 57.74

5) Other agricultural 27.96 42.64
activities
Implementation, GOI.

(C) Non-Manual 29.34 42.31

Work in Cultiva tion.
2008– June 2009)

(D)Non-Manual Work 34.98 56.49

In Activities other
Than Cultivation
India 2009

(E) All 29.01 44.84.

INDIAN CRICKET TEAMS
INDIAN MEN’s CRICKET
TEAM
♦ Grade A PLAYER- retainer ship of Rs. 50
lakhs + 2.5 lakhs/test & 1.60 lakhs/ODI
♦ Grade B PLAYER- retainer ship of Rs. 35
lakhs + 2.5 lakhs/test & 1.60 lakhs/ODI
♦ Grade C PLAYER- retainer ship of Rs. 20
lakhs + 2.5 lakhs/test & 1.60 lakhs/ODI
♦ In addition to this the minimum retainership
fee is Rs.5 lakhs
INDIAN WOMEN CRICKET
TEAM
♦ Still waiting for the grading system……
CONCLUSION
♦ At the last not the least In INDIA we have
very few pay discrimination matters
(officially) in Urban areas Expect Sport
Sector.
♦ In rural area there is a huge scope of
improvement.
♦ In INDIA we suffer from PRICE
discrimination not from PAY
INEQUITY.
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Thank you 