Hypocrisy pay

Abstract

Emotional labor—"putting on an act" asrequired explicitly orimplicitly in work situations-is very often psychologically, emotionally, and mentally damaging to most employees. As for soldiers in wartime who receive "combat pay", it is suggested that such employees be specially compensated for their emotional labor with "hypocrisy pay." Another solution is to select only those who are immune to such stress for jobs involving emotional labor—an ideal that probably cannot be achieved in all cases. Another assessment is that such special compensation is unwarranted.