Could have unintended consequences, Cutting Male pay to match Female's.
Yup.
Maybe every employee becomes a private contractor....or, some such.
I remember back in the 70's Nixon froze wages. I couldn't get a raise so I told my employer that I had gotten another job with a higher salary. They said, well....what's your title, I said Technician....they said, okay, now you are a senior technician with this salary.(salary was what I wanted all along)
Everybody was getting promoted....a loophole in the freeze dictate.