The Equal Pay Act (EPA) requires that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work. The jobs need not be identical, but they must be substantially equal. Job content (not job titles) determines whether jobs are substantially equal. All forms of pay are covered by this law, including salary, […]
Category: Discrimination
Eleventh Circuit Again Overrules $300,000 Jury Award For Plaintiff
In Howard v. Walgreen Co., the Eleventh Circuit held that that despite the fact a jury awarded the plaintiff $300,000 in damages, no reasonable jury could find for the plaintiff. I have difficulty understanding how a group of judges who didn’t hear the evidence could decide that the jury that awarded $300,000 to the plaintiff […]
Eleventh Circuit Holds Prison Liable for the Sexual Harassment of its Female Employees by Male Inmates
On Friday, The Eleventh Circuit upheld a sexual harassment jury verdict against the Florida Department of Corrections. In Beckford v. Fla. Department of Corrections, female employees were subject to rather explicit sexual harassment by prison inmates, including something called “gunning” (I will let you read the opinion for that definition). The employees repeatedly complained to […]