RECENT NOVARTIS DISCRIMINATION CASE VERDICT IS A MAJOR STEP TOWARD EQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE
The recent jury verdict in the gender discrimination suit against Novartis should remind Congress that there is more work to be done to eradicate the unfair treatment of women in employment. The gender disparities in pay at Novartis were hardly unique; nationally, women earn, on average, 78 cents for every dollar earned by men performing substantially the same work.
This case should send a timely message to the Senate of the necessity of their approval of the Paycheck Fairness Act, a measure which would help close the pay gap by, among other things, ensuring that courts require employees to show that wage disparities are job-related rather than sex-based.
The New York Times recently wrote an editorial on the matter which can be found here.
