March 17, 2022
The Ninth Circuit's holding that workers in a university setting can be compared for Equal Pay Act claims and that a jury can decide whether such workers are similar enough continues to influence pay bias cases a year later, attorneys said. Here, Law360 looks at the impact of Freyd v. University of Oregon.
December 16, 2021
Equal pay laws are meant to ensure women are paid on par with their male counterparts in similar roles. Here, Law360 speaks to the psychology professor behind a Ninth Circuit decision cautioning that jobs need not be carbon-copies of each other to be considered “equal work.”
March 30, 2021
The full Ninth Circuit should reconsider a ruling that a former professor can pursue claims that the University of Oregon paid her less than male colleagues because the court failed to evaluate whether additional tasks made the jobs substantially different, the university urged in a filing.
March 15, 2021
A former University of Oregon psychology professor can pursue Equal Pay Act claims that she was paid significantly less than several male colleagues, the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday, saying jurors should decide whether the professors' jobs were too dissimilar to be compared with one another.