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Significant Developments in Pay Transparency Class Action Litigation in Washington State

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Washington State’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA) requires employers with 15 or more employees to include salary ranges and benefit information in job postings. Violations have resulted in over 100 EPOA class action...more

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Understanding the EU Pay Transparency Directive

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At one time largely a U.S. concern, pay equity and transparency have rapidly become globally important to all multinational companies wherever headquartered. The EU Pay Transparency Directive is a milestone adopted with clear...more

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Massachusetts Enacts New Pay Transparency Law

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On July 31, 2024, Governor Maura Healey signed into law the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ first pay transparency law, the Frances Perkins Workplace Equity Act (the Act). The Act requires employers with 25 or more...more

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Massachusetts Enacts New Wage Disclosure Requirements for Employers

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On July 31, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy, in an effort to increase transparency in pay, signed into law wage equity legislation that imposes new disclosure requirements on Massachusetts-based employers. The...more

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Snap Reaches $15M Settlement Over Alleged Equal Pay Violations: Why the Deal Might Be a Sign of What’s to Come for All Employers

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Snapchat’s parent company has agreed to pay $15 million and take extensive measures to ensure fair employment practices as part of settlement to resolve claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against women at...more

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Pay Equity and Transparency: Expanding Obligations for U.S. Employers with EU Operations

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The Situation: While U.S. states continue to legislate pay equity and transparency obligations, significant changes are on the horizon in the European Union that will impact U.S. companies with sizeable operations there. The...more

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Pay Transparency in the Green Mountain State: Vermont Adopts New Pay Equity Law

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Vermont will soon join nine other states across the country which require employers to disclose compensation in job postings. Governor Phil Scott signed the bill into law Tuesday and it will take effect on July 1, 2025 —...more

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Pay Transparency Comes to Maryland: 6 Key Takeaways and What You Should Do Next

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Maryland is the latest state to jump on the pay transparency bandwagon after Gov. Wes Moore signed new “wage range” requirements into law last month. Beginning October 1, Maryland employers must include salary and benefits...more

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New Federal Proposed Rule Addressing “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”

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The Biden administration’s Fall 2023 United Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions included a variety of near and long term regulatory plans for federal agencies, including regulatory action for pay equity and...more

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Update on the Pay Transparency Act: British Columbia Government Finally Transparent with Employers on Reporting Requirements

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The British Columbia government has released long-awaited details on pay transparency reporting. This blog supplements our initial post describing the Pay Transparency Act (the “Act”). Further, employers are reminded that the...more

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Pay transparency laws the latest trend in advancing goal of pay equity

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Over the past few decades, pay equity has remained at the forefront of legislation affecting employers. At the federal level, the Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibits wage discrimination based on sex, and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair...more

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Pay Transparency Goes Primetime: Sweeping New Federal Legislation Proposed in Congress

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New proposed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would require all employers nationwide – regardless of size or number of employees – to include the wage range in all job postings, provide wage ranges to...more

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Massachusetts May Be Next in Line to Enact Pay Transparency Laws

In 2021, Colorado became the first state to enact a law requiring employers to list a salary range and benefits on job postings. This expansive law applied to any employer with one or more workers based in Colorado, and it...more

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State-Wide Pay Transparency Law to Go Into Effect September 2023

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On December 21, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to the New York State Labor Law that will significantly affect the way all but the smallest of private employers in New York State advertise open...more

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New York State Enacts Statewide Salary Disclosure Law: A 5-Step Compliance Plan

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Governor Hochul signed into law yesterday an amendment to New York’s state labor law which will require private sector employers in the state to disclose salary ranges on job postings. With this measure, New York State is the...more

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Three Steps Employers Everywhere Should Take as New York City’s Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect

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On November 1, 2022, job postings for positions in New York City – including remote positions that can be performed in New York City – must include a salary range listing the minimum and maximum salary or hourly wage amounts...more

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More Progress At Fixing Pay Inequity Through California’s Pay Transparency Law

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Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed The Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act into law. The new law, which goes into effect in May of 2023, requires employers with more than 100 workers to disclose annual pay data...more

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Show Me The Money: New California Pay Transparency Law Requires Disclosure of Contractor Pay and Imposes New Pay Scale...

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On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act, a new pay transparency law imposing increased payroll reporting requirements on large employers and placing...more

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It’s All About the Money (and Pay Equity): California Will Require Employers to Disclose Salary Ranges in Job Postings

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The state with some of the most robust pay laws in the nation is now requiring even more from employers. Earlier this week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act (S.B. 1162) into law....more

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Expansion Continues of Pay Transparency Law

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Earlier this week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act which requires employers to disclose compensation information to the public, existing employees and state regulatory...more

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California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Update to State’s Pay Transparency Law, Setting Out New Pay Disclosure Requirements

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​​​​​​​Governor Newsome has signed S.B. 1162, which requires employers to make salary ranges for positions available to both applicants and employees and expands pay data reporting requirements to better identify gender and...more

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California Legislature Passes Bill That Would Break New Ground on Pay Transparency Requirements

​​​​​​​California’s legislature has passed a game-changing bill that would impose significant new requirements on employers in that state. The bill, which seeks to up the ante on pay transparency, is now headed to Governor...more

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A Changing Climate: the Rising Tide of ESG Liability and Implications for D&O Coverage

The latest legal buzzword, ESG, represents the environmental, social and governance factors that many corporations are now required to consider and disclose alongside traditional financial information such as operating...more

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Pay Transparency in NYC: Beyond the Big Apple

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As we previously reported, New York City is following a growing legislative trend towards pay transparency by requiring employers to disclose salary ranges in connection with advertised open positions. Recent amendments...more

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New York City Issues Guidance on Required Salary Disclosures in Job Postings

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New York City employers be aware: A new “NYC Salary Disclosure Law” will soon require employers to include a good faith salary range for every job, promotion, or transfer opportunity advertised. While the NYC Salary...more

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