Prior Pay Cannot Be Used To Justify Paying Women Less In Ninth Circuit
“In 1963, Congress enacted the Equal Pay Act with a mandate as simple as it was profound: equal pay for equal work.” So begins the opinion in Rizo v. Yovino, a recent Ninth Circuit case holding that prior pay may not be used to justify a pay discrepancy between men and women—even if it is one factor among several. (In a…