Martina and dryson have applied for teaching positions in your school's accounting department. martina is a recent graduate with her phd in accounting and one published paper. she has no teaching experience except for classes taught as a teaching assistant during her phd program. dryson also has a phd in accounting and has been teaching for five years at a major university. he has eight published papers. both are hired as tenure track assistant professors and assigned two 101 courses and one 102 course. when martina later discovers that dryson's salary is $10,000 higher than hers, she is furious and files suit under the equal pay act. will she be successful?

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Lilah Howe

31 December, 06:31

Martina and dryson have applied for teaching positions in your school's accounting department. martina is a recent graduate with her phd in accounting and one published paper. she has no teaching experience except for classes taught as a teaching assistant during her phd program. dryson also has a phd in accounting and has been teaching for five years at a major university. he has eight published papers. both are hired as tenure track assistant professors and assigned two 101 courses and one 102 course. when martina later discovers that dryson's salary is $10,000 higher than hers, she is furious and files suit under the equal pay act. will she be successful?

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Margaret Barry · Answer 1

No Martina does not have a substantial reason for activity by Dryson is being paid an alternate pay dependent on components other than sex/He is being paid increasingly dependent on his predominant capabilities.

The Equal Pay Act refers to a labor law that denies sexual orientation based wage segregation in the United States. Marked by President Kennedy in 1963 as a revision to the Fair Labor Standards Act, the law orders measure up to pay for equivalent work by precluding businesses from paying people diverse wages or advantages for doing tasks that require similar aptitudes and obligations.