Common use of PAY EQUALITY Clause in Contracts

PAY EQUALITY. Contractor represents and warrants that, as required by Washington state law (Laws of 2019, Chap. 415, §225(4)(f)), during the term of this Contract the Contractor agrees to equality among its workers by ensuring similarly employed individuals are compensated as equals. (1) For purposes of this Subsection (Pay Equality), employees are similarly employed if the individuals work for the same employer, the performance of the job requires comparable skill, effort, and responsibility, and the jobs are performed under similar working conditions. Job titles alone are not determinative of whether employees are similarly employed. (2) For purposes of this Subsection (Pay Equality), the Contractor may allow differentials in compensation for its workers based in good faith on any of the following: a seniority system; a merit system; a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; a bona fide job-related factor or factors; or a bona fide regional difference in compensation levels. (a) A bona fide job-related factor or factors may include, but not be limited to, education, training, or experience, that is: consistent with business necessity; not based on or derived from a gender-based differential; and accounts for the entire differential. (b) A bona fide regional difference in compensation level must be consistent with business necessity; not based on or derived from a gender-based differential; and account for the entire differential. (3) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, upon breach of this pay equality warranty (Subsection Pay Equality) and Contractor’s failure to provide satisfactory evidence of compliance within thirty (30) days, DCYF may suspend or terminate this Contract.

PAY EQUALITY. Contractor Center represents and warrants that, as required by Washington state law (Laws of 2019, Chap. 415, §225(4)(f)), during the term of this Contract the Contractor Center agrees to equality among its workers by ensuring similarly employed individuals are compensated as equals. (1) 31.5.1. For purposes of this Subsection (Pay Equality), employees are similarly employed if the individuals work for the same employer, the performance of the job requires comparable skill, effort, and responsibility, and the jobs are performed under similar working conditions. Job titles alone are not determinative of whether employees are similarly employed. (2) 31.5.2. For purposes of this Subsection (Pay Equality), the Contractor Center may allow differentials in compensation for its workers based in good faith on any of the following: a seniority system; a merit system; a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; a bona fide job-related factor or factors; or a bona fide regional difference in compensation levels. (a) 31.5.2.1. A bona fide job-related factor or factors may include, but not be limited to, education, training, or experience, that which is: consistent with business necessity; not based on or derived from a gender-based differential; and accounts for the entire differential. (b) 31.5.2.2. A bona fide regional difference in compensation level must be consistent with business necessity; not based on or derived from a gender-based differential; and account for the entire differential. (3) 31.5.3. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, upon breach of this pay equality warranty (Subsection Pay Equality) and ContractorCenter’s failure to provide satisfactory evidence of compliance within thirty (30) days, DCYF PSESD may suspend or terminate this Contract.