Amazingly the answer to that question is (over here)...yes! Provided they do exactly the same job. [/b][/quote]How about experience and longvity with the company?

If you have multiple slots for the same job and there's someone who works for the company for many years and has worked their way up the pay scale, and a position opens up doing the same job, the new person has to be hired at the same rate as the long-time employee(s)?

And I can hire a man for less than another man doing the same job, but not hire a woman for less than a man doing the sme job? [/b][/quote]plaw...if it's exactly the same job then then experience and loyalty to the company are irrelelvant.

Man A has worked with the company for 20 years, starting off opening the mail and has now worked his way to be a Senior Marketing Executive. He's paid $100,000 pa because he's a really good marketing executive not because he's worked for the company for 20 years.

Woman B graduated from college 8 years ago yet has risen to Senior Marketing Executive with your biggest competitor. She applies for the post of Senior Marketing Executive. youn interview her and are really impressed. She asks for $100,000 becuase that what Man A gets and they're doing the same job...fair enough or, will you offer her $60,000 because she has only 8 years experience and has never worked for you before??

BTW, here at least, you cannot pay a man less than another man for doing the same job either.