A Pennsylvania healthcare services company violated federal civil rights laws by paying a female technician less than males on the basis of sex and by retaliating against her for complaining, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit. Conshohocken-based Medsurant Holdings, LLC, which operates under the trade name Medsurant Health and owns Medsurant, LLC and Medsurant Operating, LLC (collectively “Medsurant Health”), provides intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring services to hospitals and surgeons. Medsurant Health’s monitoring services are performed by intraoperative neurophysiology monitorists. According to EEOC’s lawsuit, the female monitorist was paid less than her male coworkers for performing equal work under similar working conditions, despite her excellent credentials and performance history. After the woman complained on at least two occasions, Medsurant Health retaliated against her and treated her differently than similarly situated male colleagues, resulting in her being forced to quit.
