KPMG Women Seek Class Status in Sex Bias Lawsuit

The female plaintiffs in a long-running sex bias lawsuit challenging KPMG LLP‘s salary and promotion policies asked a federal court in New York Nov. 27 to grant them class status.

The purported class would be made up of approximately 10,000 female associates, managers, and directors employed by KPMG’s tax and advisory divisions from 2009 through the present. The motion simultaneously asks the court for final certification of a collective action under the federal Equal Pay Act.

The plaintiffs, led by Donna Kassman, say the female tax and advisory employees were systemically “paid less, and promoted less frequently, than their ...