... female salaries. The purpose of this paper is to review the rationales for comparable worth and explain how gender biases, generally involved in traditional job evaluation, can be prevented. Design/methodology/approach To do this, after reviewing the motives, logics and three major applications...

...Alan Arthurs The article discusses the operation and impact of the law on equal pay for work of equal value in Britain. In particular, it analyses the role and method of operation of the independent expert who is charged with assessing whether or not two jobs are equal in value. Job Evaluation...

...Suzanne Richbell The article is set against a background of evidence that women often find themselves in low status, low paid and part‐time work. It examines the potential of job evaluation as a vehicle to operationalise the concept of equal value. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Job Evaluation...