A former high-level lawyer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is claiming in federal court that he was forced to resign in the face of retaliation for refusing to go along with discrimination against older, female attorneys employed by the agency.
Donald Burke alleges in Burke v. Port Authority, 11-cv-6853, filed in Newark, that more experienced women were paid less than younger men. After he refused a request from higher-ups in the general counsel’s office to alter job evaluations to make the disparity appear justified, two of the lowest-paid women were fired to make the disparity less stark, he says.
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