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Boeing Company

Beck v. Boeing (Gender Discrimination Class Action)

Date: 07/16/2004 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Labor

Enforcement Agency: Non-Governmental

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $40,600,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: Boeing agreed to pay between $40.6 million and $72.5 million and change its practices to settle a gender discrimination case. About 29,000 current and former female workers accused Boeing of discrimination. Boeing allegedly denied an estimated 4,800 women employees at its Wichita, Kansas plant equal pay, promotions and opportunities for overtime work based solely on gender, in violation of Equal Protection laws under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.