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· 3/17/2006

Laura Beck-Wilson v. Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Citations

  • 441 F.3d 353
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 6569
  • 87 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 42,298
  • 97 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1121
  • 2006 WL 664216

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  • finding that an increase in pay in order to avoid retention problems was a legitimate business factor
  • stating .that an EPA defendant “bears both the burden of persuasion and production on its affirmative defenses.”
  • finding substantially equal work between nurse practitioners and physician assistants who “worked side-by-side” and “often covered for one another while on the job”
  • detailing the different burdens in a Title VII wage- discrimination case as compared to one brought under the EPA
  • noting, in an Equal Pay Act case, that the medical facility at issue “employed NPs and PAs interchangeably” based on their similar qualifications
  • identifying evidence that the two positions involved substantially similar “responsibilit[ies]” and “functions”

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Judges: Daughtrey, Moore, McKeague

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