Nike’s $7.5 million pay bias verdict a warning to HR

A federal jury in Portland found that Nike violated the Equal Pay Act and Oregon law by paying former engineer Heather Hender less than male colleagues and promoting her more slowly because of her gender, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. Jurors ordered Nike to pay Hender $19,739.52 in back pay and at least $7.5 million in punitive damages, local news station KGW reported, a figure that exceeds the $2 million her attorneys had requested. READ MORE