Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jun. 14, 1996
The issues to be resolved in this proceeding concern whether the Petitioner suffered an unlawful employment practice pursuant to the pertinent provisions of Chapter 760, Florida Statutes, and relevant decisional law, by allegedly being the victim of disparate, discriminatory treatment based upon his race (white) by being denied compensation comparable to black professors of equal or lesser rank, credentials, qualifications and experience.Petitioner proved a prima facie case of race discimination based on salary deficiency. Respondent's reasons of insufficient funds and "market" being reasonable to pay blacks more was shown to be not credible and the reasons were pretextual.