Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of EEOC’s Equal Pay Act Claim Against Port Authority

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can’t pursue its claim against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey alleging that the authority paid female attorneys less than male attorneys in violation of the Equal Pay Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Sept. 29 (EEOC v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J., 2d Cir., 13-2705-cv, 9/29/14).

Affirming judgment on the pleadings for the port authority, the Second Circuit found that the EEOC failed to compare the attorneys’ actual job duties to support its claim that male and female nonsupervisory attorneys performed “equal ...