New Jersey’s Division on Civil Rights has filed a suit accusing the operator of a Hilton-branded hotel in Bergen County of paying women employees less than men who have the same job duties.

The Homewood Suites by Hilton in Edgewater paid $8 per hour to women in the post of houseperson, but paid $9 or $10 per hour to men who hold that position, and Rosa Lopez was fired after asking the hotel owner about the discrepancy, according to the suit filed Friday in Bergen County Superior Court.

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