Review of Literature
Compensation trends
In the early 20th century, the America government took a significant role and
began to introduce several changes in many aspects of workers pay and
remuneration. This brought about Acts such as the fair Labour Standards Acts of
1938, which dictated equal pay for equal work. However, recessions dotted the
following twenty years but later on the economy boomed and government played
an increasingly important role in America's workplace by ratifying the equal pay Act
Executive order 11246, Title 7 of the Civil Rights Acts in 1963( Noe, Hollenbeck,
Gerhart and Wright 2003; Switzer, 2004).