Why the Election Matters: Employment Law
Four women filed suit against computer retailer Dell Inc. in federal court today, alleging a widespread pattern of gender and age discrimination.
The former managers, Mildred Chapman, Angela Hopkins, Julia Mahaffey and Bethany Riches, accuse the company of paying men higher wages for equal work and failing to fairly promote women to higher positions. Dell denied the accusations.The lawsuit noted that there are no women in the company's highest tier of executives. ... Chapman, 59, also accused the company of disproportionately laying off workers older than 40 after it began cutting 9,000 jobs last year.
The four plaintiffs will ask the court to permit the suit to proceed as a class action. [more ...]
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