Equal Pay Act

Scenarios

Adopting a pay plan where a man can receive more pay than a women if his work quality is significantly better than hers (or vice-versa).

Enforcing a plan that pays a women more per year if she has been with the company longer than a man (or vice-versa).

Paying a male employee more than a female employee if he has supervises other employees and has more job duties than she does (or vice-versa).

Paying a woman more than a man if she is living in a different state in which the cost of living is considerably more than the region in which the male employee is living (or vice-versa).

At a ceramics company, the major difference between the jobs being done by women and men is a weightlifting restriction placed on women. The women are paid less than the men.