Equal Pay Day Quiz
- 1.The Equal Pay Act of 1963 amended what federal law?
- A.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
- B.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- C.
FMLA - The Family and Medical Leave Act
- D.
FLSA - The Fair Labor Standards Act
- 2.Under the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which of the following is not a valid explanation for a difference in earnings by gender among similar employees?
- A.
Seniority
- B.
Quality of production
- C.
Quantity of production
- D.
None of the above
- 3.What is the size of the unadjusted gender pay gap (i.e., the difference between median annual earnings of men and women)?
- A.
77 cents per hour
- B.
23 cents per hour
- C.
15 cents per hour
- D.
8 cents per hour
- 4.Which of the following employee charateristics explains in part the raw gender wage gap?
- A.
Union status
- B.
Hours worked
- C.
Occupational choice
- D.
All of the above
- 5.The LIlly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act of 2009 was the first piece of legislation signed into law that reset the statute of limitations for filing a pay discrimination lawsuit with the issuance of each new discriminatory paycheck.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.In its current form, The Paycheck Fairness Act would create a competitive grant program for which of the following activities?
- A.
Salary negotiation training for women
- B.
Salary negotiation training for all hiring managers
- C.
Salary negotiation training for hiring managers employed by federal contractors
- D.
Salary negotiation training for pay specialists employed by federal contractors
- 7.If a wage disparity adverse to women is found among similarly situated workers, the Equal Pay Act of 1963 requires that women's earnings be increased and prohibits decreasing men's earnings.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8."Equal Pay For Equal Work" expresses the same idea as "Comparable Worth".
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Among the following occupations, which has the smallest difference in median weekly earnings by gender?
- A.
Chief Executives
- B.
Physicians and Surgeons
- C.
Computer Software Engineers
- D.
Computer and Information Systems Managers
- 10.Which state has the smallest difference in median annual earnings by gender?
- A.
New York
- B.
Washington, DC
- C.
Illinois
- D.
California
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