REUTERS-The U.S.
government filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co claiming the bank
engaged in pay discrimination against women.
The Labor
Department, in a complaint filed with an administrative judge, said New
York-based JPMorgan has paid at least 93 women in four different job categories
less than comparable male co-workers over the last five years.
The company
violated an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from engaging in
sex discrimination, the department said. JPMorgan has dozens of contracts with
various federal agencies, according to the U.S. General Services
Administration.
A
representative for the company did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
The
department is seeking back pay and salary adjustments for the women. The agency
also said JPMorgan failed to conduct required analyses of its workforce to
determine if there were pay gaps based on sex, race and other factors.
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