Former employee files federal discrimination case against University

A former director of the Hudson and Holland Scholars Program has filed a federal discrimination case against the University.

Virginia LeBlanc, who resigned Aug. 22, 2011, filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming the University had committed “serial violations of the Equal Pay Act.”

LeBlanc’s lawyer, Amos Jones of the Amos Jones Law Firm based in Washington, D.C., said the case included evidence “going back years” documenting discrepancies in pay for women and men of equal positions.

“It’s quite unfortunate that in 2012 women are still paid less,” Jones said. “It became obvious that action needed to be taken.”

A town hall meeting to address concerns of Hudson and Holland scholars is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Indiana Memorial Unions’ Alumni Hall, Jones said. Anthony Scott, interim director of the Hudson and Holland Scholars Program, and Edwin Marshall, vice president of Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs, will be in attendance.

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— Charles Scudder