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Plaintiff Lynne Coates filed a class action lawsuit against Farmers on April 29, 2015 alleging gender discrimination claims under Title VII and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act...
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Plaintiff Lynne Coates filed a class action lawsuit against
Farmers on April 29, 2015 alleging gender discrimination claims
under Title VII and California's Fair Employment and Housing
Act, including violations of the federal and California equal pay
acts and California's Private Attorneys General Act. In this
post on Orrick's Equal Pay Pulse blog, Orrick
attorneys Erin Connell, Allison Riechert Giese and Megan Lawson
examine Coates
v. Farmers and what it means for employers as well as
future equal pay claims in California.
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