Martha and Bill Have Applied for Teaching Positions in Your

question 21

Multiple Choice

Martha and Bill have applied for teaching positions in your school's accounting department.Martha 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.Bill 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 Martha later discovers that Bill's salary is $10,000 higher than hers she is furious and files suit under the Equal Pay Act.Will she be successful?

• A) she is being paid less to do the exact same job that her male counterpart is doing so she does have a valid cause of action
• B) Bill's five years of seniority allows the University to pay him more without liability
• C) Martha does not have a valid cause of action because she is not a minority eligible for EPA protections
• D) Martha does not have a valid cause of action because Bill is being paid a different salary based on factors other than sex

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