Office manager for the Wayne County Highway Department was terminated and brought a claim for gender discrimination and retaliation. The County moved for summary judgment.
The District Court held that:
- Employee’s actions were not time-barred, citing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which provides that the statute of limitations for filing an EEOC charge alleging pay discrimination resets with each paycheck affected by a discriminatory decision;
- Employee had presented sufficient evidence of gender-based pay discrimination to survive summary judgment;
- Employee had presented enough circumstantial evidence for a jury to infer retaliation and therefore to survive summary judgment on her claim of retaliation.