Sentences with phrase «pay inequities»

Some suggested that, with districts presumably having to negotiate scores of contracts with school personnel, it would exacerbate pay inequities between rich and poor counties and spur more employment complaints or lawsuits.

Women's Affairs The world champion U.S. women's national soccer team asked a federal judge on Thursday to clear the way for it to strike over alleged pay inequities just two months before the start of the Olympic Games.

He and other members of the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women commemorated National Equal Pay Day by sharing some sobering income data and calling for an end to gender - based pay inequities.

They created the Women's Equality Party and touted efforts to protect abortion rights, help domestic violence victims and address pay inequities.

The union's priorities going forward will include discussions to end pay inequities for police and public safety dispatchers, as well as the shortage of custodial staff in county buildings.

«The job market is making a strong recovery and with that comes the reckoning of pay inequities and an increased awareness of salary transparency.

At the very least, it's an innovative way to think about compensation, and one possible path toward eliminating pay inequity and discrimination.

In addition to tackling issues of harassment, they are planning to support initiatives addressing the underrepresentation of women in the C - Suite and pay inequity.

The discussion explored how women are challenged by pay inequity, the perception of being too ambitious and by company policies and culture that leave many women who are mothers averse to taking risks.

«Pay inequity disproportionately affects women and people of color; we have to be deliberate and proactive if we truly hope to close the gap.»

Kleins» bill is an attempt to fight pay inequity.

It is one of many factors that contribute to unacceptably high rates of poverty of female - headed households and an issue at the core of YWCA work throughout the state, particularly in Upstate NY where gender pay inequity is greatest.

In 1996, the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) launched the first «Equal Pay Day,» (originally recognized as «National Pay Inequity Awareness Day» and changed to Equal Pay Day in 1998) to symbolize how far into the new year women had to work to earn as much as men earned in the previous year.

Please join me in supporting such an effort and sending the message that Erie County does not tolerate discriminating against women, that we will not tolerate pay inequity.

Executive producer Kathy Connell said the decision to focus on women was inspired by last year's historic women's march, but feels even more prescient with the recent discussions of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and pay inequity in Hollywood.

Kimmel also noted that only 11 percent of movies are directed by women, and also pointed to pay inequity issues, such as Mark Wahlberg being paid $ 1.5 million for reshoots on «All the Money in the World,» while Michelle Williams took scale.

However, in addition to issues of pay inequity and social standing, research has found that many beginning teachers who leave the profession are simply overwhelmed by the actualities of the job, especially those aspects related to classroom management and behavior (Ingersoll & Smith, 2003).

Monica Bay writes at EDD Update that she was outraged to read our post, «Pay Inequity for Women Paralegals» (which picked up on a post from The Estrin Report).

Collectively, women lose over $ 100 billion annually in wages due to pay inequity.

Salary history inquiries perpetuate a cycle of pay inequity for statistically undervalued and underpaid communities, including women and people of color.

Not exact matches

When employees are armed with data about their pay and the pay of their coworkers, it provides the opportunity to bring inequities to the attention of management.

It doesn't imply that any particular CEO isn't worth the money, and it doesn't imply that any particular board is obligated to do the impossible, namely to «fix» the big problem of social inequity by paying its own CEO less.

She was also committed to resolve the inequity coconut farmers were paid for their raw coconut products by paying them well above market average.

Nonetheless, the LPGA's longtime practice of skimming 6 1/2 % of the prize money produces at least one embarrassing inequity every year: The players in the mixed - team JC Penney Classic are paid differently.

They say it could pay for legal services, help house the homeless and fund better education and end inequities in public schools

Town of Ramapo Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence blasted Stringer, saying, «Rockland residents already pay far more to the MTA than they get in return, and the inequity that presently exists is absolutely unacceptable.

«It's been a fundamental inequity that has existed for far too long, and a small surcharge is a progressive way to pay for it,» she said.

De Blasio has taken some steps to address the pay disparities, including creating signing and retention bonuses for CBO teachers and using $ 17 million of the pre-K budget to address some salary inequities.

«We remain concerned with the governor's push for inequity in terms of who is responsible for paying taxes in New York state.

Dirty politics and a discredited pay and expenses system was the defining legacy of the last parliament, with all three main party leaders signing up to a cleaner system of «new politics» to tackle the inequity of MPs setting their own pay.

The problem in eliminating these inequities is some taxpayers will end up paying more and some less down the line — a radioactive equation for most politicians, says Carol Kellerman, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, a good government group that's been seeking reform for years.

These results may motivate nurse employers, including physicians, to examine their pay structures and act to eliminate inequities,» the authors write.

Society pays a high price for these inequities.

Introduced in Denver and Des Moines in 1921, the single salary schedule was meant to resolve the inequities of an era when women, minorities, and elementary school teachers were paid less than their counterparts.

Funding inequities, which allow some districts to have state of the art facilities and programs, complete with new computers for all students, quality free athletic programs, and comparatively high teacher salaries, while other districts are forced to cut teachers, increase class sizes, institute pay - to - play athletics, and do away with busing and art programs, need to be addressed.

Nearly a year ago, the state supreme court declared in Claremont School District v. Governor that New Hampshire's method of using local property taxes to pay for education violated the state constitution because it allowed for finance inequities between districts.

How the teacher pay raise formula could worsen Seattle's inequity In this oped Marguerite Roza describes one critical issue underlying the fall 2015 Seattle Public Schools teachers» strike that neither the Seattle School District nor the Seattle Education Association, the teachers» union, took on: the built - in inequities across schools created...

Since teacher pay is such a large factor in the inequities, some changes will have to occur with the teaching force in order to even out the expenditures by school.

This lawsuit, Brown v. NY is at the heart of one of the most widespread and perverse inequities affecting a growing number of students throughout the state and we should all be paying attention to it.

Paying attention to parent donations alone is therefore likely not enough to reduce staffing inequities.

Other California districts prohibit PTAs from paying for teacher salaries or training, a common practice that can significantly widen inequities among schools.

While Connecticut's leaders have paid lip service to the value of high - quality preschool, they have not made a serious effort to address the inequity of preschool access in our state.

Merit pay has even less of a track record of ensuring achievement and, in some studies, has actually reinforced the inequities we find among teachers in higher and lower income schools.

The step - and - lane pay scale was created to address inequities for teachers who were traditionally provided little in the way of salary, security, or fairness, by standardizing teacher pay.

In this oped Marguerite Roza describes one critical issue underlying the fall 2015 Seattle Public Schools teachers» strike that neither the Seattle School District nor the Seattle Education Association, the teachers» union, took on: the built - in inequities across schools created by the district's outdated, traditional pay scale.

These inequities are often more significant than reported, because charter schools do not have equitable access to facilities or facilities funding, and often must pay for facilities out of their general operating funds.

Our world is filled with inequity, and it is soothing to step into a world where persistence always pays off.

His sculptures themselves take on aspects of capitalism's inequities; they tend to be found or purchased objects, such as desks made by prisoners who are paid slave wages by state governments.

Some Indians are appalled talking about the inequity of, for example, electricity consumers in the U.S. not wanting to pay $ 100 - $ 200 a year in higher energy bills under a climate policy.

Western type restaurants and coffee shops are as common on the streets of Beijing, as international brands of clothing and other products — Goods and services previously seen as luxuries — TVs, mobile phones and cars — have now become necessities... However, the price is paid in the form of degradation of many ecosystem services and the exacerbation of inequities and disparities between people.»