Pay Gap Persists Even as Women’s Soccer Scores Big Settlement

The women’s national soccer team’s multimillion-dollar settlement may end a years-long battle for equal pay for the athletes, but it only serves as a moral victory for other women who must carry on their separate compensation lawsuits since the pact doesn’t carry legal precedential value or directly impact pending suits.

Equal pay advocates cheered the settlement announced Tuesday, cautioning that it wasn’t a clear signal that all equal pay lawsuits will result in a worker win: The facts of individual cases vary and large companies are still fighting lawsuits that claim compensation bias against women employees.

“It’s a huge victory ...