Walk It Through: The Pay Gap
Equal work at unequal pay, written notice before suit, and a one year clock.
A machinist at a large shop learns a man doing the same job on the same shift is paid more.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Unequal pay at a private employer covered by the state discrimination chapter. Federal Equal Pay Act claims, public employers, and retaliation are not worked through here.
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.