Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

According to a March 24, 2009 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Press Release, EEOC attorneys announced the settlement of a pay discrimination lawsuit filed the EEOC, alleging that Adelphi University paid a group of women professors less than male professors performing the same work.  See, http://www.eeoc.gov .  As stated in the Press Release, the EEOC lawsuit alleged, in essence, that a class of full-time female professors was paid less than male professors of the same or lesser rank teaching within the same school and that this violation had been ongoing since at least April of 2004.  In addition, the Press Release stated that pay discrimination by gender violates the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  Whether pay discrimination in employment occurs in Houston, Texas or elsewhere, victims of unequal pay may contact the EEOC to file a charge of discrimination and contact an attorney to determine if a pay discrimination lawsuit may ultimately be appropriate under the facts and circumstances the particular potential case.