OFCCP Settles Allegations of Pay Discrimination Using New Statistical Model

On June 4, 2004 the Administrative Law Judge approved the settlement of the OFCCP's enforcement action against Wyeth and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. The OFCCP had filed this well-publicized enforcement based on allegations of compensation discrimination against women arising from a 1997 compliance review. That compliance review utilized the "DuBray Method" of analyzing compensation based on a comparison of medians within job grades. Wyeth has always denied that its compensation system was discriminatory and the settlement acknowledged there has been no finding of discrimination.

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