Comparable Work Statute Poses Immediate Challenges For Cities, Towns, And School Committees

Should male school custodians and female cafeteria workers receive the same remuneration for their employment? Twenty years ago, a closely divided Supreme Judicial Court (Jancey v. School Committee of Everett) [421 Mass. 4821 (1995) and 427 Mass. 603 (1998)] interpreted the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act not to require such equal pay because the substantive content [...]