MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A top Vermont
official is defending the state against a complaint that it discriminated by
paying a man more than a woman doing the same job.
Human Resources Commissioner Kate
Duffy says she and her boss, Gov. Peter Shumlin, are strong supporters of equal
pay for equal work.
Duffy says the fact that Corrections
Department employee Lynne Silloway was being paid about $10,000 less a year
than a man doing the same work was due to the mechanics of the step system in
the state's civil service system, and because he had transferred from another
job in state government.
The Vermont Human Rights Commission announced Thursday it
was joining Silloway's suit against the state.
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