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Equal pay for equal work

The ‘gender pay gap’ is a myth, employed by politicians to buy votes

March 16, 2017 By SIN Staff

The ‘gender pay gap’ is a myth, employed by politicians to buy votes

The gender pay gap became a worldwide talking point when then-president and media darling Barack Obama announced in January of last year that the institutional barriers which enabled evil, patriarchal companies to pay women 77 cents for every dollar shelled out to their male counter-parts would be done away with. Despite the moral dubiousness of deliberately recycling a … [Read more...] about The ‘gender pay gap’ is a myth, employed by politicians to buy votes

When will being a woman finally mean being an equal?

March 16, 2017 By SIN Staff

When will being a woman finally mean being an equal?

A recent report published in The Irish Times has stated that in 2015, men earned an average of 14.8% more than women in Ireland, indicating that the pay disparity has increased from a low of 8.3% in 2012. Some believe the pay gap to be a myth, undoubtedly a mentality that stems from a lack of communication surrounding wages in the workplace. Others see it to be discriminatory … [Read more...] about When will being a woman finally mean being an equal?

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