Yellow card: U.S. Women’s Soccer seeks pay equity
Publication date: 8 May 2018
Abstract
Synopsis
The Women’s US Soccer team in 2016 entered into the summer Olympics with a dark cloud over their heads, the lack of pay equity in the sport of soccer. Despite being heralded as the best female team in the world, the team’s compensation does not reflect their winning record or average work performance. Complex contractual negotiations and compensation intricacies surround this situation and the legal proceedings with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that include discrepancies between gender preferences for compensation, benefits packages and terms of the overall collective bargaining agreement in a monopsony. The financial impact of lost wages and the role of the fan base are also examined.
Research methodology
This case has been created through the eyes of past and current members of the US Women’s Soccer team using scholarly and periodical sources.
Relevant courses and levels
This case is designed for upper level, undergraduate human resource management, labor economics and employment law courses, specifically, principles of human resource management, gender equity courses, business law, labor economics, law & economics.
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Acknowledgements
Disclaimer. This case is written solely for educational purposes and is not intended to represent successful or unsuccessful managerial decision making. The authors may have disguised names; financial, and other recognizable information to protect confidentiality.
Citation
Kimbell, J., Macy, A., Hammer, E.E. and Philpot, D. (2018), "Yellow card: U.S. Women’s Soccer seeks pay equity", , Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 272-291. https://doi.org/10.1108/TCJ-03-2017-0025
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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