30 Fair empl.prac.cas. 57, 30 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,123 Lola Kouba, A/K/A Lola Hogan, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in Intervention-Appellee v. Allstate Insurance Company

691 F.2d 873 30 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 57 , 30 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,123 Lola KOUBA, a/k/a Lola Hogan, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff in Intervention-Appellee, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 81-4536, 81-4566. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 14, 1982. Decided Oct. 29, 1982. Kalvin M. Grove, Fox & Grove, Chicago, Ill., for Allstate Ins. Co. Vella M. Fink, E.E.O.C., Washington, D. C., Judith E. Kurtz, San Francisco, Cal., for EEOC & Kouba. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before MERRILL, CHOY and HUG, Circuit Judges. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal calls into question the scope of the "factor other than sex" exception to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 1 as incorporated into Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., by the Bennett Amendment. 2 Because the district court misconstrued the exception, we reverse and remand. 2 * Allstate Insurance Co. computes the minimum salary guaranteed to a new sales agent on the basis…