Humana to Pay $2.5M to Settle Sex Bias Charges

By Porter Wells

Health insurance giant Humana has settled with the U.S. Labor Department’s federal contractor watchdog to the tune of $2.5 million. A routine audit unearthed allegedly discriminatory pay practices affecting 753 female employees at Humana’s Kentucky headquarters.

Three-fourths of Humana’s total premiums and service earnings in 2016 came through federal contracts, according to Bloomberg data. Humana’s 2016 revenue clocked in at $54.4 billion.

Humana’s alleged inequitable pay practices at its Louisville facility affected women working as consultants, project managers, and managers. The women were paid less than similarly situated male employees, the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract ...