Semiems wage controversy, port reopens, fall farm fun

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Delaware Siemens plant paid women too little, according to federal officials

A Delaware manufacturing plant just outside Newark had been systematically underpaying its female system engineers and has agreed to give a handful of employees pay raises and backpay, according to federal officials, reports Matthew Korfhage.

The Glasgow manufacturing plant for German-owned Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics produces components for tests that help physicians diagnose, monitor and treat diseases, Matthew writes.

In what Department of Labor officials called a "routine compliance review," federal officials found that Siemens "paid females in system engineer roles less than male counterparts in similar positions." Federal auditors arrived at this conclusion through statistical analysis of system engineers' pay.

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