Equal-pay for work of equal-value implementation within a South African SOE

Abstract: The vast empirical literature on pay inequity reflects extreme interest from various stakeholders such as policy makers, economists and social groups, including employees and trade unions. Less interest is observed from employers due to the legislative obligations. The literature review is consistent in that pay inequity is a reality, and irrespective of the efforts by policy makers and courts, pay inequity persists. Researchers have made convincing observations with regard to providing individual reasons that seem probable to justify pay inequity for claimants. In addition, various reasons are provided to justify why pay inequity exists. The research focuses on assessing how the state-owned enterprises have implemented equal pay for work of equal value. Using the financial data available, together with qualitative semi-structured interviews to collect primary data, a data analysis has been conducted in order to assess the observed state-owned enterprise work environment with regard to equal pay implementation through a qualitative approach. Employing equal pay in the SOE were found to be taking place, though without a comprehensive approach, with no observable unfair discrimination and that it was affordable to implement.M.Com. (Business Management