Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in New York

Compensation

Can an employer pay an employee a lesser salary for the same job if one has a college degree and one only has a high school dipolma.

When the job only required that you have a high school education.


Asked on 9/15/08, 7:55 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Locksley Wade Law Office of Locksley O. Wade

Re: Compensation

An employer may pay a different salary to each employee doing the same job as long as the proffered reason for doing so is not a reason outlawed by federal or local laws or barred by contract, such as, a labor union agreement. In your case, if your only claim is have more education than your comparitor, you have no case but a complaint to your supervisor. Good luck.

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Answered on 9/15/08, 9:14 pm


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