The Olympian: State settles equal-pay lawsuit
The state has agreed to settle a long-standing lawsuit over unequal salaries between state workers in higher education and general government by paying $30 million to 9,000 employees.
The Chronicle: Washington State Will Pay $30-Million to Settle Unequal-Wages Claims by College and Other Workers
The State of Washington has agreed to pay $30-million to settle a six-year-old class-action lawsuit that said workers at the state’s public colleges and other state-government employees who performed the same duties were not paid the same wages.