Pay Gap at Nike Persisted After Changes, Lawsuit Alleges
Plaintiffs’ analysis says the disparity amounted to at least $11,000 annually for women who joined before the company’s policy changes.
Nike headquarters campus in Beaverton, Oregon.
Photographer: Natalie Behring/Bloomberg
Female employees at Nike Inc. who came on board before the company revamped its hiring practices were still subject to pay gaps that totaled at least $11,000 annually compared with male employees, plaintiffs in a lawsuit allege in newly unsealed court documents.
The pay gap is at the center of a gender discrimination suit filed in August 2018. The plaintiffs allege that the footwear and apparel giant engaged in pay discrimination and provided limited opportunities for women to advance. Key details in the case have been kept under wraps at Nike’s request, but a judge this week unsealed several documents in the case following a successful challenge by news outlets.