Employment Discrimination – Retaliation – Equal Pay Act – Internal Complaint 
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Published: September 21, 2009
A woman hired as a development director for the engineering school at Virginia Tech can sue for retaliation, for alleged acts that occurred after she complained that she was not being paid the same compensation as similarly situated male employees, in violation of the Equal Pay Act, says a Roanoke U.S. District Court.
Plaintiff alleges that ...
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