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TEST
YOUR FAIR PAY 'CENTS' |
1. In 1963, when the Equal Pay
Act was passed, women made ___¢ on the dollar compared
to men.
a. 59¢ b.
63¢
c. 74¢ d.
81¢
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2. Today that figure is ___¢
on the dollar compared to men.
a. 85¢ b.
91¢ c.
77¢ d.
80.5¢ |
3. Black women earn ___¢ on
the dollar compared to white men.
a. 65¢ b.
61¢ c. 85¢ d.
87¢
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4. Hispanic women earn ___¢
on the dollar compared to white men.
a. 58¢ b.
53¢ c. 72¢ d.
82¢
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5. Over a lifetime, how much less
will women earn than men?
a. $550,000 b.
$700,000 c. $1,200,000 d.
$2,000,000
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6. Under the Equal Pay Act, employers
cannot pay women and minorities less than white men with
the same qualifications for doing the same job.
True False |
7. Under the Equal Pay Act, plaintiffs
are entitled to compensatory and punitive damages if
their employer has violated the law.
True False
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8. Women make up __% of the American
labor force today.
a. 38% b.
42% c. 47% d.
50%
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ANSWERS: |
1. a
2. d
3. b
4. b
5. b, c, and d are all correct, for women with high school, college, and professional postgraduate degrees respectively, according to Evelyn Murphy, economist and founder and president of The WAGE Project. (A 2016 Economic Policy Institute put the lifetime earning gap at $530,000 for the average woman and $800,000 for a college-educated woman.)
6. False. The Equal Pay Act mandates that employers
cannot pay workers less based on sex. It does not address
racial discrimination. Race discrimination cases have
been brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act,
which has a much tougher burden of proof.
7. False. Under the Equal Pay Act, awards are limited
to two years prior to filing the complaint in court
or three years if there is a finding that the act of
the employer was willful. A plaintiff may also be awarded
liquidated damages, which can double her back pay award,
but she still may not recover all of the money she's
lost over the entire period of years she's been underpaid.
8. c |
Developed by the National Committee
on Pay Equity.
Note: Wage gap statistics
provided in questions 1-4 are derived from the median
annual earnings information for year-round, full-time
workers as published by the Census Bureau for the year
2018.
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