Under the Equal Pay Act, an Employer Can Legitimately Pay

question 60

Multiple Choice

Under the Equal Pay Act, an employer can legitimately pay different wages to male and female employees on the basis of

• A) preserving a disparate impact.
• B) race.
• C) the primary duties of the jobs.
• D) gender.

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Definitions:

Direct Labor-Hours

The hours worked by employees directly involved in the production process.

Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance

A metric that measures the difference between the actual hours taken to produce something and the expected (standard) hours, multiplied by the variable overhead rate per hour.

Standard Machine-Hours

The allocated number of operating hours expected for machinery to achieve a set level of production under standard conditions.

Manufacturing Overhead

All indirect costs associated with the production process, such as salaries of supervisors and maintenance costs.