HEALTH EMPLOYEES ASS'N v. HEALTH DEP'T

No. 2681-3.

22 Wn. App. 1 (1978)

586 P.2d 1215

TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, ET AL, Appellants, v. TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

As amended by order February 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth S. Kessler, for appellants.

Don Herron, Prosecuting Attorney, Terry D. Sebring, Deputy, and Robert Atkinson, for respondents.


[As amended by order of the Court of Appeals February 8, 1979.]

GREEN, J.

This appeal raises one question: whether, in the circumstances presented, RCW 49.60.180(3) creates a cause of action for sex discrimination when an employer pays men employed in certain positions higher wages than women employed in other, dissimilar positions alleged to be of equal or greater worth. The trial court answered in the negative and granted summary judgment. We affirm.

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