Case: Discrimination/Pay Equity (N.D. Ill.)

An Illinois federal district court granted summary judgment in favor of Cook County on a female former financial control director’s claims of pay inequity in violation of the Equal Pay Act and sex discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. She alleged that male colleagues with similar titles were paid more and that the county retaliated when she complained of sex discrimination. She didn’t offer any evidence that her colleagues engaged in equal work, admitted that a colleague with her job title had a different position, and didn’t present evidence regarding her other male ...