NEW YORK: Edelman is sending checks to 66 current and former female employees from its New York office who were paid less than males while holding the same position.
As the result of an agreement between the agency and the Department of Labor, each woman is owed $4,075.76 in back pay and $436.85 in interest for salary disparities between men and women that occurred from October 2012 to October 2013. The total amount owed, including interest, is almost $298,000.
According to the agreement, the employees were in the job code 2011 category, “which includes but is not limited to” vice presidents.
An Edelman spokesman would not say how many women had received checks so far, only that the agency had “attempted to notify everyone and [is] in the process of check distribution.” At least one…
