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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Obama Gives 90 Days To See Equal Pay Report

Women in the federal government earn 89 cents for every dollar paid to men. President Barack Obama cites that statistic in an executive order on equal pay in the federal workforce. He is directing agencies to report within 90 days their policies for setting pay to the Office of Personnel Management. They'll report on practices for paying new employees, returning staff and those who work part time because they may be caring for family. OPM in turn will set a governmentwide strategy. The order says the agency may consider changes to the General Schedule classification system, guidance to agencies and recommendations for new laws.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does this account for the fact that a lot of women take time off for child bearing/rearing?

Does it investigate whether women that don't take 'create-a-family time may get closer to the dollar for dollar?

Doubt-it!

Anonymous said...

More importantly, was it investigated that they deliver 100% of what the male subjects demonstrate, in relation to their job? It's federal, which means output is already 75% less than the private sector.

Anonymous said...

and the women in the whitehouse earn less then that

Anonymous said...

Hey! look over here! Don't watch those Benghazi hearings!

Anonymous said...

now, does he plan to pay women that much more? Or men that much less? and where's he getting the money?