Omni Worker Sees Sex Bias Claim Resurrected by Appeals Court

A former employee of Omni Hotels in Texas convinced the Fifth Circuit on Thursday to reinstate her claim for gender-based pay discrimination because she was able to show that she made less than all three men who preceded her in the same position at the same location.

Sarah Lindsley worked for Omni and its parent company, TRT Holdings Inc., for 16 years, beginning as a server and working her way up to becoming the food and beverage director at Omni Corpus Christi. She lodged a complaint with human resources after discovering her starting salary for the position was $11,649 lower ...