"As a free market, the remuneration for a job is determined by the supply and demand of a particular skill, hence reflecting the market value which is more objective than an employer's judgement of certain inherent values of different jobs. On the face of it, the implementation of the concept of equal pay for work of equal value seems to be fraught with difficulties and complexities."
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Speech by Mr Matthew CHEUNG Kin-chung, JP Commissioner for Labour at the Conference on Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value
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