Breaking from the Huffington Post:
Federal authorities are suing the Fox News Network for allegedly retaliating against a reporter after she complained about unequal pay and job conditions based on her gender and age.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Fox News Channel reporter Catherine Herridge filed an internal complaint about allegedly discriminatory practices in 2007.
Fox found no evidence of bias, but the EEOC says the network later included language in Herridge's employment contract intended to stop her from making any more complaints.
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The EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - The agency of the United States Government that enforces the federal employment discrimination laws) is seeking unspecified monetary damages as well as an order not to retaliate in the same way against other employees.
More from UPI:
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced it has filed a complaint against Fox, Politico reported Thursday. A lawyer for the agency, Lynette Barnes, said it first tried to reach an "informal resolution" before filing suit, seeking punitive damages and compensation for stress Herridge said she suffered.
The EEOC says Herridge, 46, complained to Fox management in 2007 that she was being discriminated against because she was over 40 and a woman. In 2008, Fox asked her to sign a contract in which she would promise to refrain from making complaints of discrimination.
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Herridge, a graduate of Harvard and Columbia Journalism School, was London correspondent for ABC News when she joined Fox in the same position in 1996.
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This couldn't have happened to a more detestable organization. I will update the diary as details come in. Cheers.