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Article

26 May 2011

Author:
Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

More women suing Bayer unit [USA]

A class action suit alleging that Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals discriminated against women employees has been expanded to include female pharmaceutical sales representatives and all women in Bayer HealthCare's Consumer Care unit…In an amended complaint…lawyers…said the sales representatives were paid less and not promoted as often as male peers while the women in the consumer care division were sexually harassed by Bayer executives…[A] senior sales consultant, said that…she was replaced in a district trainer position…by a male colleague who had lower sales results and lower overall performance…In a portion of the complaint that broadens the gender bias allegations to the consumer care division…a financial specialist…said that despite several exceptional performance awards, she received less pay than male colleagues and was subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation for reporting the harassment…