Employers Must Not Pay Discriminate Against Female Employees

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against AccentCare, a nationwide home health care service company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, for violating federal civil rights laws by paying female employees less than a male colleague because of their sex and retaliating against a female employee who repeatedly complained. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, female Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) at AccentCare’s Pottsville, Pennsylvania, location were paid less than their male colleague for performing equal work, despite having superior qualifications. After a female LPN repeatedly complained about the gender-based pay disparity and requested a raise, AccentCare retaliated against her and ultimately fired her. This conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibit pay discrimination based on sex and retaliation for opposing sex discrimination. See EEOC v. AccentCare, Inc., Case No. 3:24-cv-01646-RDM (M.D. Pa.).