Lemière, Séverine

Equal Job, Equal Salary - 2006.


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The objective of policies of "comparable value", or, to use a Canadian expression, of "pay equity" is the concrete translation of the principle "equal pay for work of comparable value", which aims at fighting against the loss of value of jobs mainly held by women. Various foreign experiences inspired tools to evaluate these jobs. These methods, based on the "comparable value" of jobs, give way to many controversies.