Walk It Through: The Pay Gap
A coworker paid more for the same job, a question about past pay, the reasons the law allows, and two years.
A worker learns a coworker of another race, doing the same job in the same shop, earns more per hour.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Pay for equal work at one employer. Federal equal pay law, discrimination in hiring for other reasons, and public sector salary schedules are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.