Editing Equal pay for equal work (section)

==The difference between equal pay for equal work and equal pay for work of equal value==

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! Equal pay for equal work !! Equal pay for work of equal value
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| Equal pay compares the pay of incumbents in the same or very similar jobs. || Pay equity compares the value and pay of different jobs, such as nurse and electrician.
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| In Canada, either men or women can complain that their work is undervalued. If a male incumbent is paid less than a female incumbent in the same job, he can file a complaint. As well, a woman or man can complain if she or he is paid less than a man or woman in the same job. || In Canada, only people (both men and women) in jobs traditionally reserved for women can complain that their work is undervalued.  If nurses are paid less than electricians by the same employer, then they can file a complaint.
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<ref name="payequity">{{cite web |url=http://www.payequity.gov.on.ca/en/resources/what_diff.php |title=Pay Equity and Equal Pay: What's the Difference? &#124; Pay Equity Commission |access-date=2014-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206140256/http://www.payequity.gov.on.ca/en/resources/what_diff.php |archive-date=2014-02-06 }}</ref>

According to the Washington Center for Equitable Growth using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, occupations that are more male dominated tend to be paid better regardless of skill or education level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.payscale.com/data/gender-pay-gap|title = Home| date=14 March 2022 }}</ref>

For example, it often requires a similar level of skill and education to be an electrician as it does to be a nurse.<ref name="payequity" /> However, electricians, a male-dominated field, earn more than nurses, a female-dominated field. In situations where, for example, the electrician is performing their job 200 feet above the base floor of an offshore oil rig, then pay should be higher because the risks are likewise higher. However, this does not explain the gap between the average work of electricians.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

A criticism to equal pay for work of equal value is the lack of proper comparation mechanisms, it is based on subjective impressions and not based on real facts and statistics.  As in previous example, checking statistic data from US BLS, we can prove that it is a false statement that electricians earn more than nurses.  Based on the statistics electricians earn ~1015$/weekly<ref>{{cite web |url=https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/LEU0254666500 |title = BLS Data Viewer}}</ref> while nurses earn ~1223$/weekly,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/LEU0254541300 |title = BLS Data Viewer}}</ref> so in this case proving that nurses, a female dominated field, earn more than electricians, a male dominated field.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}