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Legislation and Regulation Keyed to Manning, 5th Ed.
Corning Glass Works v. Brennan
Citation:
417 U.S. 188 (1974)Facts
Prior to 1925, Corning employed only female inspectors on day shifts. Between 1925-1930, Corning introduced night shifts but could not employ women at night due to state laws in New York and Pennsylvania. Male employees recruited for night inspection demanded and received higher wages than female day inspectors. In 1944, Corning established a plant-wide night shift differential for all employees, but maintained the higher base wage for male night inspectors. After the Equal Pay Act took effect in 1964, and after state laws were amended to allow women to work at night, Corning began allowing women to bid for night shift positions in 1966 but did not equalize the base wage rates. In 1969, Corning implemented a new job evaluation system with equal base wages for future hires, but maintained higher “red circle” rates for existing night shift inspectors, effectively continuing the wage disparity.
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