Labor Law Violations, Employment Litigation, Gender-Based Pay Discrimination

Snap Reaches $15M Settlement Over Alleged Equal Pay Violations: Why the Deal Might Be a Sign of What’s to Come for All Employers

Fisher Phillips on 7/15/2024

Snapchat’s parent company has agreed to pay $15 million and take extensive measures to ensure fair employment practices as part of settlement to resolve claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against women at...more

Key Developments In Equal Pay Litigation: Appellate Courts Refuse To Clarify Proper Use Of A “One-Comparator Rule”

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/28/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: One issue that has consistently divided the federal courts is whether an equal pay plaintiff can establish a prima faciecase of wage discrimination by pointing to a single comparator of the opposite sex who...more

Salary Negotiation Can Provide Affirmative Defense to Equal Pay Act Claim as “Factor Other Than Sex”

Littler on 12/10/2021

A female applicant applies for a position that was widely advertised. During her interview she insists on being paid $100,000. The employer agrees to her salary demand although it employs a male doing substantially similar...more

Ninth Circuit Hears Pay Case Challenging University Pay Decisions

Orrick - Equal Pay Pulse on 6/2/2020

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, the Ninth Circuit heard oral argument in Freyd v. University of Oregon. Jennifer Freyd, a professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon, filed a class action lawsuit in March 2017 alleging...more

How Narrow Is A Discrimination Plaintiff’s Road To Trial In The Eleventh Circuit?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/8/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: Although an employee can prove discrimination by showing that an employer’s reasons for adverse action are pretextual, the Eleventh Circuit finds that an employee must do more than merely contest the...more

Having Your Cake And Eating It Too: Sixth Circuit Rules That Employees Need Not Return Severance Pay Before Suing

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/2/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that former employees need not return severance pay before filing a lawsuit against an employer, when the employee alleges the...more

Empire State Employer Emerges Victorious In Equal Pay Act Lawsuit

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/7/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: In an Equal Pay Act collective action lawsuit brought by female school crossing guards against the City of New York, who alleged they were paid less than male traffic enforcement agents, a federal district...more

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