Eric and Jessica are hired as coaches at Herbert High School in the same year.Each has a bachelor's degree in physical education,and neither has prior teaching experience.Eric coaches the boys' basketball team,and Jessica coaches the girls' basketball team.Both of the teams are trained to compete at the state level.However,Eric's salary as a coach is higher than Jessica's salary.Jessica complains that her pay is discriminatory.Which of the following statements is true in this scenario?

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Under the Equal Pay Act, employers subject to the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) may not use gender as a basis for paying lower wages to an employee for equal work "on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions." Thus, Jessica can prevail under the Equal Pay Act as her job is substantially equal to Eric's.

Eric and Jessica Are Hired as Coaches at Herbert High