Potential Discrimination at People’s Drug, Inc.
BACKGROUND:
Several complaints regarding salary inequities have been filed from regional managers of People’s Drug, a convenience store and pharmacy (akin to CVS or Rite Aid). You are the new corporate Human Resource Specialist, and the Board of Directors has personally asked you to investigate the claims that male technicians are receiving higher pay than female technicians for comparable work.
People’s Drug has a performance-based promotion system and employees are slated to receive a promotion every three years, if applicable. But there is no standard for starting salaries or for salary increases upon promotion.
ESSENTIAL DATA:
The data that you have gathered is as follows:
Employee Years Worked Promotions Salary
Joe Amat 4 2 55k
Beth Hart 5 1 48k
Janice Elm 2 0 45k
Ian Chance 9 2 50k
James Doll 12 4 60k
Chris Tull 1 0 50k
Melissa Max 2 0 45k
Mike Sox 7 5 60k
Ethan Frost 12 4 60k
Susan Park 3 1 47k
Anne Hunt 3 0 45k
Brent Toth 12 2 57k
Amy Ash 9 3 52k
Josh Gardner 5 1 52k
Rob Smith 15 5 68k
Conan Perkett 3 1 54k
Andrew Beasley 6 3 64k
Marie Potts 6 2 50k
Guy Morrison 8 2 55k
Jill Lewis 9 4 56k
ASSIGNMENT:
Based on the data provided, you discover that female employees who perform well (since they are being promoted on schedule) are receiving less pay than their male counterparts.
You need to write a brief memo report detailing your findings to the Board of Directors in a convincing way.
Create one or more visuals, as needed, to illustrate the problematic trend in company salaries without distorting the data. You want to call attention to a serious problem in the company but you should remember that your superiors will not be pleased to discover that their own salary scales are discriminatory.
Your report should not propose a solution but should only proffer a clear view of the problem.
