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City removes wiggle room from rules for pay equity


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Paying women almost as much as men has for years given companies an edge in competing for city of Albuquerque contracts.
As long as the disparity between their male and female employees’ salaries did not exceed 7%, vendors bidding on city work qualified for a preference – or at least they did until Mayor Tim Keller’s administration reset the guidelines in January.
Keller’s administration kept the incentive program but eliminated all wiggle room, following Bernalillo County’s lead.
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Now, only vendors who compensate men and women equally for comparable jobs can get the gender pay equity bonus during the city’s vendor selection process. ....

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