The Impact of Equal Value Legislation in Northern Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6327796 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Maxwell (Lecturer in Law, Department of Law and Public Administration, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 295-300 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557389782454712 |
| OpenAlex | W2004126857 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The introduction of the equal value legislation in Northern Ireland in 1984 was welcomed by women as being highly significant. Progress towards wage equality between the sexes had all but ceased by the later 1970s, and the new regulations were regarded as vitally important in that for the first time they would allow comparisons between jobs which were quite different in nature, provided they were of equal value. This article examines the implementation of the regulations in Northern Ireland and highlights their inadequacies together with the practical difficulties to which they have given rise. It contrasts the attitude of the government to the problem of religious discrimination in the Province (in the face of external economic pressure from the United States) with the minimalist nature of its response to the problem of equal pay
Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnology · Face (sociological concept · Face value · Government (linguistics · Legislation · Minimum wage · Northern ireland · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Value (mathematics · Wage · Irish and British Studies · Law · Mathematics
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1992 - 1992 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |