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Legalization of Equal Pay to Eliminate Gender Gap in Hong Kong

The gender gap is the difference between the payor the numeration for women and

men who are working. In many places Hong Kong included, women, are always paid less in

their places of work compared to men (Yupina, 7). For the government of China to be able to

eliminate gender gap in Hog Kong there is need to legalize equal pay between men and

women becauseits legalization will give people who feel they are being unfairly paid an

opportunity to file a complaint with Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) or sue their

employers directly in court, it will reduce the rate of discrimination in organization due to the

fear of being sued or their operations being terminated and lastly it will help to educate

people of Hong Kong City to on the importance of equal pay in the economy which at the end

of the day will make them appreciate it more and in the long run gender gap would be

reduced.

Legalization of equal pay policy in Hong Kong would greatly help workers who feel

that they are not being treated fairly to comfortably fight for their rights. Legalization of this

policy would mean that any prohibition or any norms and cultures that were there before to

prohibit equal numeration for women and men especially who did the same work and they

were paid differently because of different reasons would be completely removed (Yupina, 8).

The reasons that make women get paid less in Hong Kong include the existence of many men

in the executive posts while women are being considered as homemakers, the norm that

women tend to bear more family responsibilities and the need for them to be given maternity

leave during their delivery period. When there is the legalization of equal pay in the city all

these excuses for paying women fewer salaries and wages will be eliminated and this will

make it easy for women to fight for their rights due to the existence of a strong legal

foundation on the same.

Another reason why legalization of equal pay would eliminate gender gap roles in the

city of Hong Kong is that it will reduce the rate of discrimination in the organizations and

companies in the city. This is because the policy is documented to be one of the laws of the

land, all companies and organizations will be on toes to observe the law in order to avoid

conflicts with the government and with the local authorities in the city (Yupina, 10). This is

because failure to observe the laws would meanwithdrawal of the permit of the business by

the government and heavy fines or imprisonment of the people in charge of the unequal pay

agenda.

Legalization of equal pay will help to eliminate the gender gap in the city because

many people will be educated and many will come to appreciate the role of equal pay which

at the end of the day will make them embrace it more than ever before. As the government

legalizes the equal pay agenda, it will provide clear and vivid reasons as to why is taking such

decisions (Yupina, 12). Citizens will thus get to understand these reasons even better and they

will also find themselves obeying them because of the benefits that legalization will come

within the economy. This at the end of the day will greatly help to reduce the gender gap in

the land.

A defence claim, however, would refute the fact that legalization of equal pay in

Hong Kong would reduce the gender gap in Hong Kong. According to Chong, “although

some people working in the same roles are being paid less because of their gender, equal pay

has contributed so little to the closure of the gap”(Yupina, 12). Also, legalization will not

help much because of the lack of transparency of some companies. In as much as there is

pressure from the government for companies to disclose their pay scales still many

companies will not open up in order for them to have maximum profit benefits and this will

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