comparable worth

noun

1. the doctrine that a woman's and man's pay should be equal when their work requires equal training, skills, and responsibilities.

Example Sentences

We recognize that there are significant costs to reach comparable worth for the human services sector.

From Seattle Times

“And then later on,” Schlafly continued, “after the feminists moved on to another goal, after we beat them on E.R.A., they took up the goal of comparable worth” — a reference to a largely unsuccessful movement in the 1980s to require equal pay for men and women, which Schlafly called “an effort to give us wage and price control.”

From New York Times

For example, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees endorsed comparable worth, the theory that employers should root out pay discrimination by resetting wages based on work value rather than prevailing market rates.

From Slate

Instead of “equal pay for equal work,” supporters of pay equity call for “equal pay for work of equal value,” or “comparable worth.”

From New York Times

Chamber of Commerce, where she rankled women’s rights groups by opposing legislation on maternity leave and comparable worth.

From Washington Post