PwC Advisory Services Can Arbitrate Sex, Age Discrimination Suit

PwC Advisory Services LLC convinced a federal judge to grant its motion to compel arbitration in a suit brought by a former employee who alleged she was discriminated against on the basis of her age and sex.

Pamela McCarey sued PwC and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleging she was denied salary increases while younger, male employees continued to receive them. McCarey was terminated at the age of 63. She alleged her employer’s reasons for termination were pretext to discriminate against her. Her employer filed a motion to compel arbitration, which Judge ...