Heath v. Alma Plastics Co.

Plaintiff, Dorothy Heath, filed this action alleging sex and marital discrimination in her employment with defendant, Alma Plastics Company. Plaintiff alleged that defendant had violated the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, MCL 37.2101 et seq.; MSA 3.548(101) et seq., and the minimum wage law of 1964, MCL 408.381 et seq.; MSA 17.255(1) et seq., 1 in paying her at a rate less than that paid to similarly situated male employ ees and in terminating her employment because of her complaints regarding the disparate treatment. Following a bench trial, the court found that defendant had discriminated…