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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 06:45 AM
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Show Us the Money By SUSAN E. REED Op-Ed Contributor NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/opinion/04reed.html

THIS year, each of the eight associate justices of the Supreme Court will earn $203,000. The only woman and the only African-American on the court are paid the same as their six white male colleagues. Only Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. earns more than everyone else, $212,100. Their pay is set by Congress, and it is a matter of public record.

Congress should pass legislation mandating that all workplaces create this kind of transparency by requiring companies to post salaries. It makes sense, especially in light of the court’s decision last week requiring employees to file pay discrimination complaints under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act within 180 days of the last pay adjustment.

It’s only fair since the five justices who supported this decision must have thought that it was easy for employees to find out whether they are being discriminated against. They must never have had to sidle up to co-workers and whisper nosy questions about pay to find out how they ranked. They must never have been so desperate for proof that they considered hacking into the company database or ransacking the human resources office searching for pay rosters.

Susan E. Reed, a journalist, is a fellow at the Alicia Patterson Foundation in Washington.

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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 09:20 AM
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1. kick for women's equality in the labor markets
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 07:57 PM
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2. An excellent article
And by the way it would help many male workers as well.
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