A $4 million settlement this year between a group of female in-house claims litigators and Farmers Group Insurance served to highlight that gender pay inequity—and court actions to challenge it—are increasingly found among the upper echelons of Corporate America.
While in-house legal departments are not immune from pay inequity problems, they may be far better poised than their law firm counterparts to address the problem by analyzing pay data and making adjustments where gender inequities arise.
