Women whose paychecks may be inflated because of a Florida airline company’s alleged pay discrimination will receive $84,727 in back wages and interest, the U.S. Department of Labor announced.
That money goes to 18 women, $4,707.05 per employee. The women worked as managers, support professionals, technicians and administrators at Estero’s Western Global Airlines.
As a federal contractor — which transports cargo for the U.S. Department of Defense — Western Global is covered by Executive Order 11246. The order, issued during the Civil Rights Movement by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and amended several times since, says federal contractors cannot doing. discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual preference, gender identity or national origin.
The Labor Department said a joint compliance investigation by Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found problems with Western Global’s wages and bonuses for female employees. The company has entered into a conciliation agreement that officially allows Western Global to not admit to violations of federal law.
Nevertheless, Western Global agreed to pay $157,500 in wage adjustments to female employees, in addition to the aforementioned $84,727.
“As part of the agreement, (Western) will conduct an annual review of its compensation policies and practices and provide training to company officials responsible for determining compensation,” Labor said.
