Wells Fargo Manager to Get Her Day in Court on Equal Pay Claims

A black female Wells Fargo employee’s claims of pay discrimination and retaliation can go to trial, a federal judge in Texas ruled Feb. 7. Wells Fargo recently announced it would make its pay data public in an effort to be more transparent about compensation disparities along gender and racial lines. The #MeToo movement has turned up the heat on the pay equity discussion, as some women now feel more “empowered” to demand equal pay.

Rochelle Sims, who worked for five years as a Wells Fargo branch manager in Houston, produced enough evidence that she was paid less than non-black male ...