What You Need to Know

• Two female plaintiffs alleged that their employer, the Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, violated equal pay amendments by paying them lower wages than comparable male employees for equal work.
• A federal judge held that the pay discrepancy for one of the plaintiffs resulted from a factor other than sex, granting DEQ's motion for summary judgment on her claims.
• As for the second plaintiff, the judge found that nothing in the record indicated how and why DEQ reached and justified the decision to pay another male employee $12,000 more for the same position in 2014.

A federal judge has allowed one female environmental specialist’s wage disparities lawsuit to continue against the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, while finding another female employee’s differing wage resulted from a factor other than sex.

The plaintiffs, Sheryl A. Kattan and Joy D. Abel, alleged that the Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEQ) violated the Equal Pay Act amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act by paying them lower wages than comparable male employees. Kattan identified Justin Brown as a single comparator, while Abel identified Brian Wrenn, according to the opinion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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