Labor/Employment
Apr. 16, 2016
Farmers settles attorney equal pay suit
The company will pay $4 million to 300 female attorneys and up female promotion over three years.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A year after Farmers Group Inc. was accused of paying its female attorneys substantially less than male colleagues and preventing their advancement, the company agreed Thursday to pay $4 million to about 300 in-house lawyers, make attorney compensation figures readily available, and substantially increase the number of women promoted to top salary grades over the next three years.
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