What Are Comparable Worth Policies

question 19

Multiple Choice

What are comparable worth policies?

• A) Policies that require that individuals with the same job titles within an employment setting are paid the same wage, regardless of gender or race
• B) Policies that require that workers in a given economy with similar credentials who perform jobs with similar difficulty and level of importance and which require similar skill sets be paid similarly.
• C) Policies that employers use to establish initial pay for new employees based on the salaries they earned at their previous jobs
• D) Policies that employers use to determine pay based on whether an employee is the primary breadwinner in their household and how many dependents they have

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