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Daimler Truck ordered to pay manager 210,000 euros for gender pay discrimination
The Landesarbeitsgericht Baden-Württemberg has ruled that Daimler Truck must pay approximately 210,000 euros to a female manager due to gender-based pay discrimination. The ruling covers the period from 2018 to 2022.
The case, which was referred back to the Stuttgart court by the Federal Labour Court, centered on whether the manager was entitled to the same salary as a specific high-earning male colleague. While the court rejected her claim to match that specific individual's top-tier salary, it found that the company failed to disprove the presumption of gender-based disadvantage.
Consequently, the court awarded the manager the difference between her actual earnings and the median salary of the male comparison group at the same hierarchical level. Daimler Truck stated that the company does not have structural gender-based discrimination for its employees.
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Bundesarbeitsgericht · Daimler Truck · Destatis · Fortunalista · Germany · Landesarbeitsgericht Baden-Württemberg · Margarethe Honisch · Stuttgart
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- [● 2 SOURCES] Earning 500 euros monthly below market value results in a 60,000 euro gross loss over a decade.
- [● 2 SOURCES] Underpayment affects future salaries, bonuses, company pensions, and statutory pensions.
- [● 2 SOURCES] The average gender pay gap in Germany is 18 percent.