Title: Just wages for women /
Authors: McColgan, Aileen
Publisher: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Equal pay for equal work Law and legislation Great Britain.; Discrimination in employment Law and legislation Great Britain; Women Employment Law and legislation Great Britain.
Abstract: This book makes a contribution to the study of Labour Law. It offers an account of the failures of the current approach adopted in the UK (even with the EC reinforcements) for the securing of more equitable arrangements on pay. It provides insight into the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches adopted in other parts of the world.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Women in the Labour Market -- 3. The Equal Pay Act 1970 -- 4. Equal Pay -- The European Dimension -- 5. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and Race Relations Act 1976 -- 6. Discrimination and Pay -- 7. Ontario: The Pay Equity Act -- 8. Collective Bargaining and Equal Pay -- 9. Minimum Wage Regulation -- 10. Conclusion.