Inova Home Health, LLC (IHH) and Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC (ASHN), which owns in-part and operates IHH, have agreed to pay $105,000 and provide other relief to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, IHH and ASHN provide home healthcare coordination services to patients at the Inova Health System in northern Virginia, including through the services of their post-acute care coordinators (PACCs). The EEOC alleged IHH and ASHN paid female PACCs less than male coworkers for performing equal work under similar working conditions. Female PACCs with no performance issues were paid less than their newly-hired male counterparts despite having more job-related experience in the healthcare field and more seniority in the PACC position. IHH and ASHN also refused to adjust female PACCs’ wages after receiving a complaint of pay discrimination.
