wage discrimination

The current law prohibits the discrimination on gender or race in workplaces but it does not regulate the difference of payment based on education or experience. This is because what the biggest factors on job performance is not gender or race but educational background or job-related experience. Also, it is often considered that employers can determine the salary based on the capability of an individuals on a certain jobs and the easiest way to recognize the capability is to check individual’s education and experience. That’s why it can be possible that there is a discrimination in pay concerning education or experience.