Sarah Martin, Plaintiff Below, Appellant v. Randolph County Board of Education, Defendant Below, Appellee

Summary

The court reversed the circuit court’s affirmance of the administrative law judge’s decision and remanded for further findings on Martin’s sex-discrimination and job-classification claims. It held that the salary-discrimination claim was timely to the extent based on compensation disparity occurring within the statutory period, that Martin established a prima facie case, and that the existing findings did not adequately address pretext or mixed motive. It also held that the misclassification claim could be brought prospectively despite the earlier reclassification decision, while upholding the denial of default judgment.