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From the standpoint of the labor market, the lack of equity in the public system would continue to exist until the market force becomes united and demands a better protection of its rights. For now however, when the people fear the loss of their jobs and when the market place is saturated, the public employers are not pressured to implement equity. At the level of personal evaluation and job contributions, these are only able to reveal the cases of lack of equity through a comparative analysis of contributions, evaluations and compensations of several public sector employees. Individually however, a person who is inequitably rewarded will not be able to make a difference in the system.
In the hypothetical context of a perfect compensation system, several elements would sit at the basis of its evaluation. All these elements would be constructed on complex analyses of past trends, future estimations, equity theory principles and so on. A first criterion would be constituted by the perception of equity as this perception constituted the main element of employee satisfaction. A second criterion would be represented by the levels of employee on the job satisfaction. Finally,...
What should however be noted is that the demand for public services would increase in the future as the baby boomers retire. Additionally, it should be noted that the creation of equity could materialize in the negative impact on several sensitive issues, such as merit pay or seniority pay.
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2009, the end of pay equity for women in the federal public service, Public Service Alliance of Canada, http://psac.com/news/2009/issues/200902pseact-e.shtml last accessed on November 9, 2010
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