A private plaintiff brought suit against Convergys Corporation in the United States District Court for the District of Utah in September 2005. Her complaint alleged violations of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII for unequal pay, discipline, constructive discharge and retaliation based on gender. The EEOC brought its own suit (EEOC v. Convergys Corp., 2:05-cv-00812-DAK (D. Utah Sept. 28, 2005), and the cases were consolidated in December 2005. The private plaintiff's case was designated the lead case. The EEOC's complaint alleged violations of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for unequal pay based on gender (female). After several discovery motions, an unresolved motion for summary judgment by the defendant, and an unresolved motion for partial summary judgment by the EEOC, the cases were settled by consent decree in May 2007.

The two-year consent decree, containing an anti-discrimination clause, required the defendant to post notice of its anti-discrimination policy, provide training for all supervisors and human resource employees, maintain records concerning implementation of the decree, annually report to the EEOC, and pay a total of $67,000 in monetary relief and attorney's fees to the complainant.

Kevin Wilemon - 08/12/2008


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