Essay #13. 281 (23223-!-item-!-188;#058&00281-00)
Comparable worth, as a standard applied to eliminate inequities in pay,
insists that the values of certain tasks performed in dissimilar jobs can be
compared. In the last decade, this approach has become a critical social
policy issue, as large numbers of private-sector firms and industries as well
as federal, state, and local governmental entities have adopted comparable
worth policies or begun to consider doing so.
This widespread institutional awareness of comparable worth indicates
increased public awareness that pay inequities--that is, situations in which
pay is not "fair" because it does not reflect the true value of a job--exist
in the labor market. However, the question still remains: have the gains
already made in pay equity under comparable worth principles been of a
precedent-setting nature or are they mostly transitory, a function of
concessions made by employers to mislead female employees into believing that
they have made long-term pay equity gains?
Comparable worth pay adjustments are indeed precedent-setting. Because of
the principles driving them, other mandates that can be applied to reduce or
eliminate unjustified pay gaps between male and female workers have not
remedied perceived pay inequities satisfactorily for the litigants in cases
in which men and women hold different jobs. But whenever comparable worth
principles are applied to pay schedules, perceived unjustified pay
differences are eliminated. In this sense, then, comparable worth is more
comprehensive than other mandates, such as the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Neither compares tasks in
dissimilar jobs (that is, jobs across occupational categories) in an effort
to determine whether or not what is necessary to perform these
tasks--know-how, problem-solving, and accountability--can be quantified in
terms of its dollar value to the employer. Comparable worth, on the other
hand, takes as its premise that certain tasks in dissimilar jobs may require
a similar amount of training, effort, and skill; may carry similar
responsibility; may be carried on in an environment having a similar impact
upon the worker; and may have a similar dollar value to the employer.
其實想請問，有哪位大大可以為我說明一下黃色的句意??
一直想不通黃色在文章中的功用?? >_<
Question #43. 281-01 (23269-!-item-!-188;#058&000281-01)
Which of the following most accurately states the central purpose of the
passage?
(A) To criticize the implementation of a new procedure
(B) To assess the significance of a change in policy
(C) To illustrate how a new standard alters procedures
(D) To explain how a new policy is applied in specific cases
(E) To summarize the changes made to date as a result of social policy
請問此題的定位是第一段綠色的地方嗎??
指 comparable worth "has become" a critical social policy issue??
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