Maryland Health to Pay $270,000 in Sex Discrimination Suit

A psychiatric facility operated by the Maryland Department of health will pay $270,000 to resolve claims that it paid female employees less than their male counterparts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday.

According to the EEOC, the Thomas B. Finan Center paid a less tenured and less experienced male recreation therapist higher wages than it paid to his four female counterparts, even though the females had greater experience in the job. Their requests to Finan to equalize their pay were ignored.

The EEOC said in addition to the monetary relief paid to the female employees, Finan will increase their ...