1. Lily is an image technician. She reviews photographs for placement in a stock images catalog. Her male colleagues, who also review photographs for placement in a stock images catalog, are photo analysts. She complains that she is paid less for doing the same work as them. Which of the following is true in this situation?

a. Lily will prevail in a claim under the Equal Pay Act if both of the jobs require equal skill, effort, and responsibility.

b. Lily will not prevail in a claim under the Equal Pay Act because the law allows for unequal pay when the job titles are different.

c. Lily will not prevail in a claim under the Equal Pay Act as pay information is meant to be confidential, and she has broken the law by finding out what her colleagues are paid.

d. Lily will prevail in a claim under the Equal Pay Act only if she can show that her expenses are more than that of her male colleagues.

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was a law designed to abolish gender pay inequality. Before this law women were paid less than men even though men and women worked the same activity and had the same responsibilities. This is an extremely unfair situation, so this law was created so that men and women had equal wages for the same jobs.

Based on this, we can conclude that, in the case shown in the question above, Lily will prevail in a claim under the Equal Pay Act if both of the jobs require equal skill, effort, and responsibility.