Alabama recently joined 48 other states by passing a law banning wage discrimination. On June 11, Governor Kay Ivey signed HB 225, known as the Clarke Figures Equal Pay Act, into law. The Act’s effective date is August 1. In...more
6/18/2019
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Ivey ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
In light of the federal court’s recent decision in National Women's Law Center, et al., v. Office of Management and Budget, et al., the new due date for EEO-1 filers to submit pay/hours worked data (now known as “Component 2”...more
5/13/2019
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Subcontractors ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
We previously summarized the state-level minimum wage increases for 2019. As reported, New Jersey subsequently set another increase from $8.85 to $10.00 effective July 1, 2019. We have updated our prior post below, and...more
You find out an employee launches a false complaint of discrimination or harassment and you terminate them for their dishonesty. There’s no harm in that, right? Think again. There has been a recent trend of cases where courts...more
10/5/2018
/ Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
False Reporting ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Honest Belief Defense ,
Retaliation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title VII
Here we are - the school year is coming to a close and you are eager to get your business staffed with forward-thinking, millennial summer hires. Don’t move too fast though, because in addition to the federal Fair Labor...more