Pay secrecy policies may perpetuate the gender-wage gap, if women don’t realize they are underpaid (as in the Lilly Ledbetter case). What do you think of pay secrecy vs. pay openness policies?
Comparable worth is the idea that men’s work and women’s work should be paid the same if the skill, effort, and responsibility are comparable, even if the jobs are different. What do you think of comparable worth?
Women typically negotiate less for pay than men do, and as a result, women often have lower salaries than men. And when women do negotiate hard, they are viewed more negatively. Is the common practice of pay negotiation fair or not? What if the job doesn’t require negotiating skills?