Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site mtung.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!jdh From: jdh@mtung.UUCP (Julia Harper) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Comparable Worth Message-ID: <585@mtung.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 12:14:22 EDT Article-I.D.: mtung.585 Posted: Tue Jul 2 12:14:22 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:37:33 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 15 > > > >The fallacy of the equal-pay-for-equal-work idea is that it compares > >only the paychecks and level of skill and training required. If we do not > >also factor in the safety, pleasantness, and emotional effects of the job, > >then this plan is likely to create more unfairness than it rectifies. > > The comparable worth studies I've seen do factor in working conditions - such as health hazards, safety, stress, and pleasantness - as well as level of skill and training when determining the value of jobs in terms of pay. -- Julia Harper [ihnp4,ariel]!mtung!jdh