A firm employing secretaries and steelworkers should ideally pay equal wages to both the groups of workers irrespective of the type of job each group does.

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Secretaries and steelworkers perform different types of jobs with different skill requirements and market demand, leading to different wage levels. It would not be ideal or fair to pay them the same wage irrespective of their type of job. The wage should depend on the value added by the worker to the production process and the level of market demand for their skills.

A Firm Employing Secretaries and Steelworkers Should Ideally Pay Equal