District Court for the District of Minnesota (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Fellman-Wolf v. Both statutes are enforced by the EEOC, and EEOC's lawsuit charged that Royal Tire had violated both. It is also illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which generally prohibits employment discrimination-including in compensation-on the basis of sex. Pay discrimination is illegal under the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which prohibits sex-based wage differentials for work requiring equal skill, effort, and responsibility performed under the same or similar working conditions. Fellman-Wolf complained about the disparity and asked to be compensated fairly, but Royal Tire did not make up the difference. The EEOC's investigation showed that when Fellman-Wolf became HR director she was paid $35,000 less per year than her male predecessor, and $19,000 less than the minimum salary for the position under Royal Tire's own compensation system.
The EEOC's lawsuit charged that between January 2008 and June 2011, Royal Tire discriminated against its female human resources director, Christine Fellman-Wolf, by paying her lower wages than it paid a male employee who held the very same position. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The decree was approved on Jby Judge John R. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
Cloud, Minn., will pay $182,500 and be subject to detailed consent decree which resolves a lawsuit filed by the U.S. MINNEAPOLIS - Royal Tire, Inc., a commercial and retail tire company based in St.
Cloud Tire Company Underpaid HR Director For Years in Violation of Federal Law
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