Mayor Tim Keller announced last month he was tightening down a program giving vendors competing for city contracts a preference if the disparity between salaries of their male and female employees did not exceed 7%.
The original incentive program to combat pay inequity was designed by activist Martha Burk and sponsored by City Councilor Diane Gibson in 2015. Under the new rule, a vendor must now have zero disparity to get the 5% preference.
By Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board
