Explain Why Companies Should Not Be Mandated By Law To Pay Equal Wages

Companies Should Not Be Mandated By Law To Pay All Workers Equal Wages For Similar Job Descriptions

By Cameron DeAnda-Covello

Economics, Per. 3

Mr. Zuber

January 4, 2017

Have you ever worked a job with other people or done the same job as someone else and that other person doesn’t do as much work as you or doesn’t do the job as good as you and then they get the same credit for their work as you do? People should get more credit or more money for doing a better job and for putting more effort into their work rather than just doing the minnimum amount of work. Companies should not be mandated by law to pay all workers equal wages for similar job descriptions because some people work harder, more efficiently than others at their job, could cause companies to lose good workers who feel they should get more outcome for their work, and people with education should get paid more because they put more time into getting educated to perform better on the job.

“Gallup estimates the cost of America’s disengagement crisis at a staggering $300 billion in lost productivity annually.” (Amabile and Kramer) To fix this problem companies need to be more generous with hard working peoples wage and could keep them happy which keeps the company owner happy and everyone wins. “Gallup found that only 13% of workers feel engaged by their jobs. and 87% of workers worldwide who, as Gallup puts it, “are emotionally disconnected from their workplaces and less likely to be productive.”’(Adams) These statistics need to change because this is why companies are going bankrupt and are shutting