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"So naive." Depends on the law. If I'm female, and you're male, then equal pay laws may force it to be the same for equivalent work. Most of the rest of the w
by neilwilson 6y ago
"So naive."
Depends on the law. If I'm female, and you're male, then equal pay laws may force it to be the same for equivalent work.
Most of the rest of the world forces business to compete for labour - which is as it should be.
Jobs, not people, should wait.
- throwaway3699 6y agoEnforcing this kind of equal pay law will result in a mass shifting of jobs to 3rd world countries the likes the world has never seen before.
- thedevilslawyer 6y ago"Enforcing of this kind of equal pay for women will result in mass entry of women into the workforce, the likes of which the world had never seen before. " It was the moral thing to do, and it happened despite the men it affected.
- neilwilson 6y agoGood. We can then live off their imports which they have to pay for by buying our exports because we have a floating rate exchange system, not a fixed one. If the rest of the world want to send us stuff, that's a benefit not a loss.
- ars 6y ago> Depends on the law. If I'm female, and you're male, then equal pay laws may force it to be the same for equivalent work. It already is, despite all the press claiming it isn't. In summary the difference in pay is caused by different choices men and women make in how much they value flexibility at work. See: https://harvardmagazine.com/2016/05/reassessing-the-gender-wage-gap https://harvardmagazine.com/2016/05/reassessing-the-gender-w...