Are Pay Equity Policies Justified?

Six Challenges in Designing Equity-based Pay

Pay equity in the Australian public sector

Pay equity in the Australian public sector

"Unions and Pay Equity Bargaining in Canada"

Provincial government pay equity policies require the negotiation of pay equity in unionized workplaces. The methodology is complex and unions have to be knowledgeable and committed to rectifying discriminatory wages. According to the literature, Canadian unions have shown varied levels of effectiveness regarding their pursuit of women’s equality, and this article explores how well these unions...

Perceived Equity of Salary Policies

Three systems for distributing yearly salary raises to faculty according to merit were studied to determine which system is judged to be most equitable. In the relative system, persons with equal ment receive equal percentage raises. In the absolute system, persons with equal ment receive equal raises In the adjustment system, persons who are equally underpaid receive equal raises In Experiment...

Are pseudo-patient studies justified?

Pseudo-patient studies are studies in which a medical sociologist or anthropologist masquerades as a patient. Medical treatment is sought without revealing that the 'patient' is really a covert research worker. When access has thus been gained to a medical setting--typically a hospital ward--social interaction between medical staff and patients is then observed over a period of days or weeks. I...