Merck Sales Reps Certified in Gender Pay Gap Case

Female sales representatives for Merck & Co. won conditional certification to proceed as a nationwide Equal Pay Act collective action with their claims that the company pays women less than men in similarly situated positions (Smith v. Merck & Co., 2016 BL 133920, D.N.J., 3:13-cv-02970, collective conditionally certified 4/27/16).

The decision by Judge Michael A. Shipp of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey clears the way for notices to be sent to “a few thousand” potential collective members to allow them to join the lawsuit, Russell Kornblith, an attorney for the women, told ...