KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas teens have new jobs after their firing from a pizza restaurant touched off a heated discussion about persistent pay inequality in the American workplace.

The Kansas City Star reports that issues arose earlier this month within hours of Jensen Walcott and Jake Reed finding summer jobs at a Pizza Studio restaurant in Kansas City, Kansas. When Jensen asked why she was going to earn $8 an hour while Reed was set to earn $8.25, a female manager fired both 17-year-olds. The friends from suburban Bonner Springs were told it was against company policy to discuss wages.

The California-based pizza chain has since said the manager has been let go and was wrong about the policy. The National Labor Relations Act allows employees to discuss compensation.