Question

Jill and sam, recent graduates, are hired as computer analysts for hrj enterprises inc. in a conversation over lunch, jill discovers that sam's salary is 15 percent higher than hers. assuming that she is being paid less because she is a female, jill contacts the human resources department, demanding that her salary be increased by 15 percent. after a few days, however, she is informed that sam had violated company policy by discussing his salary, and his salary would also be reduced by 15 percent to maintain equality. in this scenario, jill:

Answer 1

Jill still has a wage discrepancy claim using the Equal Pay Act and Title VII because the remedy was to lower Seth's salary in response. The discrepancy still existed for the entire time that she and Seth had differing wage rates. This would fall under Title VII as a type of sex-based discrimination.