Medsurant Holdings, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based healthcare services company providing intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring services to hospitals and surgeons in several states will pay $80,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. Medsurant Health’s monitoring services are performed by intraoperative neurophysiology monitorists, and according to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Medsurant paid a female monitorist less than her male coworkers for performing equal work, despite her excellent credentials and performance history. After she complained, the company retaliated against her and treated her worse than similarly situated male colleagues, resulting in her constructive discharge. Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibit pay discrimination based on sex and retaliation for engaging in protected activity.
