comparable worth
noun1
US The principle that there should be no difference in remuneration between jobs held mostly by women and jobs held mostly by men, when the women's work is comparable in skill, effort, working conditions, and responsibility to the men's work.
- Comparable worth aims to upgrade the wage scales for jobs that employ large numbers of women.1987, Linda M. Blum, “Possibilities and Limits of the Comparable Worth Movement,”, in Gender and Society, volume 1, number 4, page 382:
- Synonyms
- pay equity
- Related terms
- equal pay for equal work