Abril-Rivera v. Johnson, 806 F.3d 599 (2015)

Citation: Abril-Rivera v. Johnson, 806 F.3d 599 (2015)
Parent Document: Abril-Rivera v. Johnson, 806 F.3d 599 (2015)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2015-11-17
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3155371/abril-rivera-v-johnson/ ↗

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Taken together, all these facts become increasingly suspicious when considering that the employees in the PR Center had always been classified as call center employees, while their non-Puerto Rican counterparts in the mainland were classified at higher pay scales for doing the same claims-processing tasks. Over the previous two years, Puerto Rican employees had been battling FEMA over equal pay. When Program Specialists complained about the discrepancy in pay and FEMA agreed to adjust their classification, these employees were placed in the lowest step of the classification and denied increases earned as well as back pay. In addition, when the final closure decision was made, the PR Center employees had filed more than 300 complaints with the EEOO because of the rotational staffing system imposed after the initial closure following the May 2008 review.

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