Renee discovered that a male coworker at the hospital where they both work is paid $1.50 per hour more than she is even though they have the same job title, have similar qualifications, and have been employed the same length of time.

Unfortunately for Renee, it is legal for the hospital to pay different salaries to different workers who perform the same job.

True or False?

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Diya Daniel

25 March, 18:31

Renee discovered that a male coworker at the hospital where they both work is paid $1.50 per hour more than she is even though they have the same job title, have similar qualifications, and have been employed the same length of time.

Unfortunately for Renee, it is legal for the hospital to pay different salaries to different workers who perform the same job.

True or False?

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Jorge Barnett · Answer 1

False

Explanation:

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 states that men and women who perform the same job must receive equal pay, as long as any additional compensation is not tied to merit increases or seniority on the job.

The law provides (in part) that:

No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section [section 206 of title 29 of the United States Code] shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed, between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex in such establishment for equal work on jobs[,] ...