Salary Inequities Case Study Grading GuideHRM/531 Version 11Human Capital Management11-13. Although the case with OFCCP is closed, we wonder if there are any less discriminatory explanations possible for why our women sales reps on average earned less than men. If so, what are they?Herein lies some questions that are not answered by the text or the links providedHow many of the women were hired using a negotiation process, ie, were the employees asked what compensation they expected to receive? Were the female’s estimates lower than the male’s? “The [American Association of University Women] AAUW notes that part of the new 6.6-cent wage-gap may be owed to women’s supposedly inferior negotiating skills — not unscrupulous employers†(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christina-hoff-sommers/wage-gap_b_2073804.html)http://www.aauw.org/aauw_check/pdf_download/show_pdf.php?file=The-Simple-Truth, pg 21Occupation2015TotalMenWomenNumber of workersMedian weekly earningsNumber of workersMedian weekly earningsNumber of workersMedian weekly earningsSales representatives, services, all other406$966268$1,147139$699See above for average wage gap for pharmaceutical sales – was the gap more or less in Astra Zeneca? https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.htmWhat were their educational/experience levels compared to their counterparts? Sales can be made based on experience with the product, and if you have a former male pharmacologist