VA pay discrimination lawsuit exposes HR compensation gaps

In June 2017, Metzinger filed a sex discrimination claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and reported harassment by a male supervisor. Around August 2017, she received her first market pay panel, which increased her salary from $260,599 to $300,000, retroactive to June 26, 2016. Due to a payroll error, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service initially entered her updated salary at a lower rate, but later corrected the mistake. Between October 2017 and November 2019, Metzinger received six lump-sum payments totaling $55,103.16 to cover retroactive market-pay adjustments and correct payroll errors.