Please answer the following questions based onchapter 7 and 8of the following textbook:

Berman, E.M., Bowman, J.S., West, J.P., and Van Wart, M.R. (2016).Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems (5th ed.).Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

The answers need to be just based on chapter 7 and 8 of the mentioned textbook.

1. What factors determine compensation?

2. Define equity theory.

3. What is meant by a wage-lead approach, wage-competitive approach, and wage-follower pay plan?

4. What is the wage gap between men and women?

5. What was the first U.S State to offer parental leave? What were the program benefits?

6. What are the goals of wellness programs? What are some components of stress reduction programs?

7. What is flextime? What are the advantages of using flextime? Provide an example