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Pass Law to Expose Unfair Pay

Wednesday, June 27 2012 | Written by Mariko Chang
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Imagine sitting at your desk at work and overhearing a co-worker sharing the good news about his or her latest raise, bumping his or her salary to $50,000. You have worked at the company five years longer, in the same position and your salary is $5,000 lower.

On top of that, your sales have always been higher than those of your co-worker. Given the questionable history of some of the company's practices, you suspect that discrimination may be at the root of the pay discrepancy. You get together with your closest friends at the company, all share their salaries and decide that a pattern of pay discrimination based on gender may indeed be evident.

The next week, you are fired because your boss found out that you were discussing your pay with your co-workers.

Read the full article at CNN.com.

Mariko Chang

Mariko Chang

Mariko Chang is a former associate professor of sociology at Harvard and the author of Shortchanged: Why Women Have Less Wealth and What Can Be Done About It. She is a featured expert at the National Council for Research on Women, a member of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development's Experts of Color Clearinghouse and an affiliate scholar at the Women of Color Policy Network at NYU Wagner.

Website: www.mariko-chang.com/ E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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