Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Baby Products Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOINER, District Judge.

In this action the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has brought suit to enforce the equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., 206(d)(1). The EEOC alleges that defendants have discriminated against female employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to Kimberly Pigeon at rates less than those paid to a male employee for equal work on jobs, the performance of which required equal skill, effort, responsibility and which were performed under similar working conditions.

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