Woman's bias lawsuit dusts off Vermont's equal-pay law

The U.S. Census Bureau says women earned an average of 77 cents for every $1 earned by men in the USA in 2010, according to court papers filed in the Vermont case. The National Women's Law Center states that, based on Census data, Vermont women earned an average of 84 cents per every $1 earned by their male counterparts in 2010, court papers state.