Leeds Morelli & Brown:: Law Firm Blog

The Chicago Tribune reports that new Congressional legislation, which the House scheduled to vote, January 9, http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-discriminate9-2009jan09,0,1545474.story , seeks to undo a Supreme Court decision which dismissed a workplace discrimination lawsuit brought by Lilly Ledbetter against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.  Ledbetter is a woman who was paid less than her male co-workers for nearly 20 years.

Ledbetter, who alleged she was paid much less than comparable male employees for nearly two decades, won at the trial level, but the Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that Ledbetter had not brought a timely action.  The Court held that Ledbetter should have filed suit within six months of Goodyear’s discriminatory pay decision based on her gender; however, Ledbetter discovered the pay discrimination late in her career. Read the rest of this entry »