The Tractor and Belt Company (TBC) doesn’t have an HR manager. HR is handled by the payroll clerk. When a new employee is assigned to the Production Department as an assembler, the payroll clerk raises a question. Should the new person be paid the same as all the other employees, all women, in the department, or is it okay to pay her more because she made more at her former job?

The following are all questions about U.S. laws and regulations concerning employee management.