Question

3.) Read the passage.

Answer 1

3. The correct answer is Yes, because the Paycheck Fairness Act is a legal measure needed to close the wage gap between men and women.

The Paycheck Fairness Act is a labor law that adds more protections to the former, old Equal Pay Act of 1963. And it is a law to combat the gender pay gap in the U.S. So, the second answer is the correct one because it explains exactly what the law is and shows evidence to Warren's argument. The first option is wrong because it is not designed to open up more job opportunities, it's only about the salary gap between genders.

5. The correct answer is number one, People should receive equal pay for equal work.

Warren says, "It would help ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women." Therefore, equal pay, equal work is the correct choice here. The other options are just pieces of what Warren said but twisted. For example, she also says "The effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. Today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans." But she is not saying that wages should be paid based on how much you owe, but she's stating a fact that will help her support her arguments.

6. The correct answer is number four, Yes, because she specifies several ways in which the act will end discrimination while preserving justified differences in pay.

She says, "Employers can still pay different workers different salaries based on factors like skill, performance, expertise, seniority, and so forth—the Paycheck Fairness Act doesn't touch any of that." She has numbered many reasons and shown data of the pay differences between genders. And she is now explaining that of course employers can and should pay their employees different wages based on certain factors that are justified but not because of gender.