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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court decided an employment discrimination case in
favor of the defendant. Plaintiff Lilly Ledbetter showed that she had received
a series of raises smaller than those her male colleagues got, but the question
before the court was whether she acted soon enough. The Civil Rights Act of
1964 requires aggrieved employees to file a complaint with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission within 180 days "after the alleged unlawful employment
practice occurred."
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At issue in Ledbetter
v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is whether the 180-day clock starts
ticking anew each time an employee claiming a wage disparity receives a paycheck.
The court ruled 5-4 that it does not--that the "alleged unlawful employment
practice" consists of the ...
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