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by btd 3987 days ago
Finally! It was very disappointing that girl that smile and had good relationships with out senior manager had the same salary as me, even if i got the best score in our delivery center.
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Doesn't equal pay legislation mean that in practise if you got a pay rise, assuming you're male, that any female doing what might appear in court to be the same job has to get the same pay rise??
IANAL, but I think that's what's sticky about equal pay, or one thing.

For a given job, not all _people_ will get the same pay, and as individuals, a particular man and a particular woman may not make the same, but across an organization we should find some balance, there should be women who make more than some men, etc..

I don't think anyone wants a situation where granting any individual a raise means that everyone with similar responsibilities (no two people 'do the same job') gets the same raise.

But as I type this, it's clear how all of this grey area can (and surely IS) be leaned upon to maintain the status quo.

If the company does a good job codfying your contribution in a role+level, there is no problem giving everyone in the same role+level the same pay.