United States Supreme Court crystallizes time limitation for EEOC claims
By Daniel K. Wright
Labor and Employment Law,
November 2007
In Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., the United States Supreme Court held that an employee who has suffered a discriminatory pay decision must file a questionnaire with the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) within 180 days of such decision in order to preserve a cause of action under Title VII for individual sex discrimination in pay and raises.
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