The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) logo is seen at the FDIC headquarters in Washington. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo
(Reuters) - A former Morgan, Lewis & Bockius attorney who now works at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) in San Francisco has sued the federal agency for pay discrimination, claiming she is under-compensated compared to her male counterparts.
Megan Borovicka filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., federal court on Friday saying she was offered a starting base salary of just over $120,000 in 2014, below the starting salaries of her male coworkers.
A spokesperson for the FDIC declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Before starting her position at the FDIC, San Francisco-based Borovicka was paid $265,000 while working as a labor and employment attorney at Morgan Lewis, per the filing. She said she noted this to hiring managers before taking her position.
FDIC rules state that a new employee will receive a rate above the minimum basic pay if the employee "is or was receiving a higher rate of pay (highest previous rate) in a related field," the filing said.
The FDIC's HR department initially used this pay setting policy to recommend that Borovicka be paid a $150,000 base salary, she claimed. Her supervisors did not offer her that salary, though they used the policy to determine male lawyers' pay, per the filing.
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