Walk It Through: The Pay Gap
A woman paid less for comparable work, a complaint, and a schedule cut after it.
A woman learns that a male coworker doing comparable work is paid more per hour.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Hourly workers at a private employer. Federal equal pay law, salary negotiations, and the human rights commission's process 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.