In response to a court order reinstating an Obama-era pay data collection rule, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that covered employers will be required to report pay data and hours worked for...more
5/8/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
• The 9th Circuit held that, because a website and mobile app were auxiliary services of a place of public accommodation, they were required to be ADA-compliant.
• This holding is limited to claims that the lack of...more
1/25/2019
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Brick-and-Mortar Stores ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dominos ,
Mobile Apps ,
Public Accommodation ,
Title III ,
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) ,
Website Accessibility ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
• The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued an interim final rule requiring employers to update the summary of rights form given to applicants and employees in conjunction with a background check by a...more
10/22/2018
/ Adverse Action ,
Background Checks ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fraud Alerts ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Job Applicants ,
Summary of Consumer Rights ,
Summary of Rights
• The 9th Circuit has ruled that employers may not rely on prior salary, alone or in combination with other factors, to justify wage disparities under the Equal Pay Act.
• The 9th Circuit ruling does not address whether...more
• OMB has frozen the Obama-era employee pay data collection requirements that were set to take effect in March 2018.
• Employers should continue to use the prior version of the EEO-1 form and will have until March 31, 2018...more
9/6/2017
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Obama Administration ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Stays ,
Wage and Hour
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