6th Circuit: Tender-Back Doctrine Doesn’t Apply To Title VII, Equal Pay Act Claims

Mealey's (August 21, 2018, 1:12 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A split Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 16 reinstated a pregnancy and gender bias complaint by a worker fired three months after she revealed that she was pregnant, ruling that a district court erred in ruling that the worker’s federal claims were barred by the common-law tender-back doctrine (Jena McClellan v. Midwest Machining, Inc., No. 17-1992, 6th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22799)....