To sustain an Equal Pay Act and New Jersey Equal Pay Act claim, the plaintiff must identify a similarly situated person of the opposite sex who was paid more. The plaintiff’s statement that she was “unique” doomed her cause of action.

As part of her wrongful termination claim, the plaintiff, a Latina female, alleged violations of both the Federal Equal Pay Act and the New Jersey Equal Pay Act. In dismissing these claims, Judge Chesler held that the plaintiff’s own characterization of her job as “unique” doomed her causes of action since she was required to show that a male who was similarly situated was paid more than she was, which she did not do.

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