30 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1706, 27 Wage & Hour Cas. (Bn 652, 31 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,349, 12 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 935 Vicki Bartelt v. Berlitz School of Languages of America, Inc., Lydia Melsen v. Berlitz School of Languages of America, Inc.

698 F.2d 1003 30 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1706 , 27 Wage & Hour Cas. (BN 652, 31 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,349 , 12 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 935 Vicki BARTELT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES OF AMERICA, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Lydia MELSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES OF AMERICA, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 81-4064, 81-4287. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 14, 1982. Decided Feb. 8, 1983. Brad Seligman, Farnsworth, Saperstein & Brand, Oakland, Cal., for Bartelt and Melson. Lawrence J. Gartner, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before GOODWIN, FLETCHER, and POOLE, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Lydia Melsen and Vicki Bartelt brought separate actions against their former employer, Berlitz Schools of Languages of America, Inc. (Berlitz) under Title VII of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e et seq. Both alleged that Berlitz discriminated against them as directors of Berlitz's schools by paying them lower salaries, commissions, and…