Legal Opinion
Knox v. John Varvatos Enters. Inc.
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided October 17, 2017No. 17 Civ. 772 (GHW) (GWG)PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Tessa Knox has sued her former employer, John Varvatos Enterprises, Inc. ("JV") on the ground that JV gave an annual $12,000 clothing allowance to male sales associates but not to female sales associates in violation of the Equal Pay Act ("EPA"), 29 U.S.C. § 206(d).1 Knox now moves to have this case conditionally approved as a collective action with notice being sent to all women who are currently employed, or were employed at any time after February 1, 2014, as sales associates at a JV-operated store in the United States.2 For the…
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