Michigan Physician Assistant Seeks Pay Gap Class Action (1)

The University of Michigan’s hospital system and medical school paid female physician assistants an average of $9,000 less each year than their male counterparts who did similar work, according to a proposed federal class action.

Officials of Michigan Medicine were aware of the disparities among its 450 physician assistants due to the advocacy of plaintiff Christine Oldenburg-McGee, according to the lawsuit filed May 2 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

But “despite the Defendants’ knowledge of the gender wage gap, and despite expressions of intentions to address the disparity, the Defendants have for years failed ...