UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT TO PAY $249,539 TO FEMALE EMPLOYEES TO SETTLE PAY DISCRIMINATION ALLEGATIONS IN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INVESTIGATION

HARTFORD, CT – The University of Connecticut will pay $249,539 to resolve alleged pay discrimination at its Storrs, Connecticut, campus following a routine compliance review by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

OFCCP found that the public university and federal contractor discriminated against five female employees in Specialist IA and Specialist IIA positions by paying them less than similarly situated male employees in their corresponding department. The agency also found that the university paid two female law professors less than similarly situated male counterparts.  Read HERE.