打破同工不同酬,由公開薪酬開始?- Billy Tong
香港作為國際金融中心,是世上最富有的城市之一,但勞工剝削問題嚴重。例如在 2019 年「全球競爭力報告」中,香港因缺乏權益保障,在「勞工市場」一欄僅列全球 116 位,比新加坡低近 100 位。打工仔除了壓力大、工時超長、缺乏退休保障,還可能面對同工不同酬的問題。近年學界愈來愈多有關同工不同酬的研究,今年美國一份新報告就指,公開薪酬是解決問題的關鍵。
同工不同酬可以由身份背景因素所致,包括年齡、性別和種族。2015 年,研究組織 Institute of Labor Economics 就指出,踏入 90 年代,各國社會的性別意識增加,男女收入也愈趨平等,但 45 歲或以上的女性依然平均比男性少賺 45%。在香港,同工不同酬的情況也很普遍,撇除身份因素,有職場顧問指出,同工不同酬亦與入職時的整體市道有關,同時視乎個別員工當初有否向公司爭取更好人工,「正負 10% 差距很正常」。
康奈爾大學人力資源學家 Elena Belogolovsky 就表示,「薪酬透明度」(Pay transparency)是解決同工不同酬的關鍵。她認為收入不均源於工資資訊不平等,僱主比僱員更了解職位的市場價值,員工更難向老闆爭取加人工。只有公開薪酬,企業才會更有動力履行商業責任。Belogolovsky 認為,公開薪酬對老闆未必是壞事,一些案例反映,薪酬透明度愈高,同事之間士氣愈好,她在 2016 的研究文章亦指,員工若知道大家薪酬,遇到工作疑難時會更易找到幫助。
現時美國有少數企業會採取「薪酬透明政策」(salary transparency policies),比如大型連鎖店 Whole Foods、分析機構 SumAll,以及社交應用程式商 Buffer。其中 Buffer 更會在網站公開員工收入,其公關經理 Hailley Griffis 向「時代週刊」透露,公司公開薪酬後,應徵者的數目比以往多。可是,Belogolovsky 估計很多公司依然對此有所保留,老闆會擔憂不能以低薪留著自己的星級員工,再者,對他們來說,推動薪酬公平,誘因不大。
今年初,由華盛頓大學和西安大略大學學者共同發表的報告,就從政策角度反思美國同工不同酬的問題。目前為止,美國有「1963 年公平薪酬法案」,針對因性別歧視而造成的薪酬不公,惟實踐多年一直被指成效存疑。與此同時,美國「全國勞資關係法」理論上保障員工討論薪酬的權利,但執行上依然存在很多漏洞。近年,有參議員一直推動「公平收入法案」(Paycheck Fairness Act),更清晰表明僱主不能處分公開討論薪酬的員工,但草案在國會一直闖關失敗。
該報告指出,表示所屬私營企業設有薪酬保密政策(pay secrecy policy)的受訪者,相比 2010 年減少 6%;然而,依然有接近一半的全職員工受訪者指出,他們被明文禁止,或者被非正式地阻撓討論工資。研究人員表示,從法制層面來看,政府和各黨派顯然要付出更大決心堵塞漏洞。在香港,有關政策討論明顯遠遠落後美國,多年來政府甚至被指帶頭剝削非公務員合約僱員,連公營機構也未能做到同工同酬。
原文:CUP
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paycheck salary 在 Elaine73 Facebook 的最讚貼文
I'm a private tutor. I run a small tuition centre. After deducting rent, marketing & administrative costs - I take home around $2500 a month. I teach more than 10 classes weekly.
It has been a very demoralising few weeks.
1. Amidst the suspension of centre-based tuition classes - parents have asked for discount on fees. I tried to help whenever I can by waiving off fees or giving discounts, knowing fully that it will be at my own expense.
Yet, I've received a lot of comments from parents who do not have financial difficulties, going "e-learning should be cheaper".
e-Learning IS not cheaper than classroom based learning. It has been 2 sleepless weeks with this mad scramble to move classes online. We've had to to spend sessions doing orientation for you and your children to help explain how to do classes online. We had to buy IT equipment, video recording equipment - all of it not cheap with my measly $2500 monthly salary.
You think it's less effort - it's not. It's more effort and more work. And you want to pay us less.
Please don't undermine our efforts by requesting to pay us less. If you have financial difficulties, we will discount for you. But don't say "e-Learning should be paid less". Thanks.
Rental still goes on - landlords who don't take the initiative to help and pass on rental rebates, I'm looking at YOU!
2. We totally understand that why we have been closed down. Health comes first - sure.
However, can don't call us non-essential?
School is essential, tuition is non-essential. Minister said that. True facts of life.
But, but. Can you also see this.
In every sector, there are good people and there are bad people.
In the tuition sector, there are some of us good ones and some of us bad ones.
I dare say, I care about each and every-one of my students. I do my best to motivate. I do my best to talk to them when they have family troubles. I come up with extra worksheets when I know they are lagging behind.
In schools, you also have teachers who are not motivated, who only come to school for the paycheck and do the minimum.
If all school teachers are good - need tuition teachers for what?
If everybody scoring A1, A2 and A* - then no need for tuition. Some parents find tuition because their kids have been failing.
We don't need you to recognise us. But don't call us non-essential can?
3. Common comment from school teachers and from the public - "They should pay school teachers more" or "Tuition teachers make so much money".
You know how many times I roll my eyes at this?
Straits Times - I'm looking at you. Thanks for always reporting on "million dollar" tutors. Now everybody thinks that all tutors make millions.
Reality check - If you are a school teacher and you think you will make a lot of money leaving the public sector, feel free to go try your luck.
Is every school teacher a Principal? or a Cluster Superintendent? or a Director? No right?
Same thing with the private sector ok? The top tutors make a lot of money. The normal tutors like us make close to the 'median' $4600 of the typical Singaporean.
We don't have CPF.
We don't have AWS.
We don't have performance bonus.
In November & December, we eat bread but still pay rent.
Whatever we earn in 10 months, must ration across 12 months, because November & December parents go holiday and don't want tuition.
No - regular tutors don't make millions.
Stop dreaming. Most school teachers are not zai. If they leave the public sector, they will eat grass.
I make $2500 a month - if you feel that is fantastic, you can be my guest. You have a choice. If you think you can make more as a private tutor, take the plunge into the world of the unknown.
4. Teachers got a lot of admin work, not like private tutor only need to teach
We don't have admin work. We have "admin work" - marketing, accounting & trying to keep the business alive. We don't only teach.
You have a 'clear thick' line between yourself and parents. We don't. We are obligated to answer, and talk to parents everyday. Do you know there are parents who call us and talk to us everyday about their kids and their anxieties? (a lot of parents from top schools are actually very anxious about their kids) I spend 1 to 2 hours daily talking to 2 to 3 parents everyday.
5. Thank you for classifying us together with KTVs, Bars & Entertainment
I called the bank to lower my credit card interest because in anticipation of school closures, I invested heavily in video recording equipment and IT equipment that I actually cannot pay for with my measly salary.
Guess what the bank said? You are not from an eligible 'adversely affected' sector.
Adversely affected = tourism, aviation, F&B and entertainment.
Entertainment qualifies but private education doesn't qualify.
Again, i understand why we have been shut down. But can everyone remember us private tutors have families to feed too? Mortgages or rent to pay? Bills to pay?
6. We are human beings too
We have feelings. We have empathy. We have tried to help whenever we can. My tuition centre offers free tuition all these years to whomever are on MOE Financial Assistance scheme. When parents face difficulties (retrenched, fell sick), we always cut our fees or give free. When students ask for extra help, we coach and we don't charge extra.
We are trying our best too. Really. We are all in this together.
I don't know since when being a 'private tutor' is a nasty thing.
Maybe tuition centres like Learning Lab, Mavis Tutorial or any of those big tuition centres with big MRT and bus adverts and sprawling land space of more than 10000 square feet might make millions of dollars a year. Maybe they have strong investors with hundreds of millions. But hey that's not us. Don't assume that we have a mountain of profits to stomach this because we don't.
Also, a lot of our kids and a lot of our parents always tell us that school teachers always say bad things about private tutors. "Tuition is a waste of money", "don't need go for tuition", "private tutors are not qualified and don't know what they are teaching".
Some teachers seem to spend a lot of time bad-mouthing private tutors.
Just focus on teaching your kids please. You still have a job.
I may not have one when the dust settles.
Also, remember that a lot of us private tutors were once school teachers.
Some of us left because of school mergers.
Some of us left because we were pregnant, had kids and could no longer cope.
Some of us left because we don't want to deal with this crap called EPMS.
Some of us left because we don't want to deal with all the politics, committees, organising overseas trips and want to just focus on the kids.
Please support your tutors, thank you. A lot of us, really do care, genuinely for your child.
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paycheck salary 在 Racheal Kwacz - Child & Family Development Specialist Facebook 的最讚貼文
I’ve had a lot of messages this week from parents that really wanted to come but just couldn’t afford the ticket price asking if we had a payment plan, if we were offering it again after Christmas, and doing everything they could to come but sometimes, money is just tight esp w little ones to care for.
I get it. As a business owner and as a mama that doesn’t get a salary and steady paycheck, I understand the need to be careful w where your money goes completely.
This kept me up late at night thinking of these mamas and daddies so I worked out a one-day special with my team. If you book and pay for your ticket tomorrow, you get half off the regular price (RM995 -> RM495).
My aim is that I want to honor all the hands and hearts involved in the workshop so that they can care for their families too so this is what we came out with. If you’re on the fence because of cost, I really hope this helps.
This workshop is special and invaluable as a parenting tool for any family regardless of age. It’s nothing like I’ve ever created before and it really does take the best of my best.
I’m going to try and message all the people that I talked to but just in case I miss you out or if you’d like to register for the first time, please book and register w jasmine@suppagood.com
To find out more info about what we’ll be covering :
https://www.facebook.com/events/749940135445560/?ti=ia
paycheck salary 在 Chris Quimbo Youtube 的最佳解答
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