EEOC Says One Better-Paid Man Can Prove Equal Pay Act Violation

Paying one man more than one woman for substantially equal work is enough to violate the Equal Pay Act and proof of how the sexes are paid as a group isn’t required, the EEOC said.

Backing two Pennsylvania teachers seeking to have their jury wins upheld, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit an equal pay plaintiff doesn’t need to show men are paid higher wages as a class than women. Statistics or other proof of of a pattern of sex-based pay disparities in a job category is unnecessary, the agency said, ...