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Labor/Employment

Sep. 21, 2017

In-house attorney sues biotech company, alleging unequal pay

An in-house attorney has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, a biotechnology company, saying her pay was not similar to that of male colleagues.

In-house attorney sues biotech company, alleging unequal pay
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A fired in-house attorney has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, a biotechnology company, saying her pay was not similar to that of male colleagues.

Teresa Spehar’s gender discrimination suit also accuses La Jolla-based Syntheic Genomics Inc. of engendering a culture that allowed men in the workplace to make sexist comments free of reprimand, such as calling female employees “moody,” “indecisive” or a “typical redhead.”

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