A pay concept or policy that calls for comparable pay for jobs that require comparable skills, effort and responsibility and have comparable working conditions, even of the job content is different.
The evaluation of jobs traditionally performed by one group of workers (such as women or minorities) to establish whether or not the worth of those jobs to the employer is comparable to the worth of the jobs traditionally performed by white men and the payment of extra wages to those occupying comparable jobs but receiving less income.
Equitable Compensation Relationships - Minnesota Statute (M.S. 471.991) requiring every political subdivision to establish equitable compensation relationships among its employees. a.k.a. Minnesota Pay Equity Act.