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New Pay Transparency Requirements for Illinois Employers On the Horizon for 2025

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Beginning on January 1, 2025, Illinois will join the list of states that are requiring greater transparency in both the job opportunities available in the state as well as the pay for those jobs. The...more

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Washington Expands Equal Pay Law To Cover All Protected Classes

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Substitute House Bill 1905 on March 28, 2024, broadening the scope of Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA)....more

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50 State Equal Pay Reference Guide 2024

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For organizations that operate in multiple states, tracking the ever-changing requirements related to equal pay issues can pose daunting challenges and the growing “ripple effect” of such requirements is being felt across...more

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Illinois Mandates Pay and Benefits Information for Job Postings

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Illinois recently amended its Equal Pay Act to require employers with 15 or more workers to include pay and benefits information for each covered job posting. There is, however, a delayed start date: This amendment will take...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

California Pay Data Reports Due May 10, 2023

On May 10, 2023, employers must submit their pay data reports to the California Civil Rights Department (CRD). As previously reported here, Senate Bill 1162 amended Labor Code section 432.3 and Government Code section 12999...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Know Before You Post: Pay Transparency Laws and Job Postings

The new year is here and brings a number of states with new pay transparency requirements for employers, some of which impact job postings. Proponents believe these laws will level the playing field, allowing all candidates...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New Guidance Released for SB 1162 – California’s Pay Scale Disclosure Requirements

As part of California’s ongoing efforts to promote workplace pay transparency, Senate Bill 1162, which amends Labor Code section 432.3 and Government Code section 12999, went into effect on January 1, 2023. On December 27,...more

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Washington State’s Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect January 1, 2023

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Effective January 1, 2023, Washington employers must comply with SB 5761, commonly known as Washington’s Pay Transparency Law, signed by Governor Jay Inslee on March 30, 2022. SB 5761 amends Washington’s Equal Pay and...more

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Being Clear on New Laws Regarding Pay Transparency

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As of early November 2022, employers in New York City must disclose salary information in their job postings as part of its recent pay transparency law, as passed by New York’s City Council. This is part of a growing trend of...more

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The Upcoming NYC Pay Transparency Law Aims to Reduce the Wage Gap - Employers Should be Prepared

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New York’s soon-to-be-effective pay transparency law (Int. No. 134-A) will require New York employers, employment agencies, and employees or agents of these entities to disclose the salary ranges for open positions in job...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: August 2022 #4

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Now is the Time for Employers to Report Pay Equity Data to the Illinois Labor Department

For those larger Illinois employers who have not yet reported payroll and diversity data to the Illinois Department of Labor (the “IDOL”), now may be the time.  The IDOL recently issued guidance to help employers navigate...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

All on Board: Mississippi Joins the Nation in Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based on Gender

For the past three years, Mississippi remained the only state in the country that did not have a bill prohibiting pay discrimination based on gender. This all changed on April 20, 2022, when Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York City Council Approves Amendments to Salary Transparency Law; New Date for Compliance Now November 1, Among Other Changes

On April 28, 2022, the New York City Council (the “Council”) passed Int. 134, an amendment to New York City’s Salary Transparency Law (the “Salary Transparency Law” or “STL”) that finalized a number of significant changes to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

NYC Releases Fact Sheet on Salary Transparency Requirements in Job, Transfer and Promotion Advertisements – While the City Council...

Employers face new challenges in navigating state and local pay equity laws. New York City joins a number of other jurisdictions that now require employers to disclose pay ranges when advertising job postings – including for...more

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Washington Employers Soon Must Include Pay Ranges and Benefits Information in Job Postings

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee, on March 30, 2022, signed into law amendments to the state’s Equal Pay and Opportunity Act (EPOA Amendments), which soon will require most Washington employers to include pay ranges and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Equal Pay Compliance Statements – Yet Another Amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act

Earlier in the year, we reported here about recent amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act (“EPA”) that would require employers with more than 100 employees in the State of Illinois to obtain an equal pay registration...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Employer-Mandated Disclosure of Wage Ranges and Expansion of Equal Pay Law Enacted in Connecticut

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Beginning October 1, 2021, Connecticut employers, meaning those that employ at least one employee in the state, will be required to disclose wage ranges for vacant positions pursuant to an amendment of existing laws...more

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Starting Compensation And Pay Equity In California

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As California moves toward a tentative reopening date of June 15, employers may be considering bulking up their workforce again. If hiring new employees, employers should consider the guidance issued by the California...more

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Colorado employers – are you providing required notices to your employees of all job postings and promotional opportunities?

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If your company has even one employee in Colorado, as of January 1, 2021, Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEW) requires employers to notify employees within Colorado of all job postings and promotional...more

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Illinois Employers Will Be Required to Report on Their Equal Pay Practices to Obtain Mandated Certification; Significant Penalties...

On March 23, 2021, Illinois enacted SB 1480 (or “Law”), which, among other measures, amends the Illinois Equal Pay Act (“IEPA”) to require covered Illinois employers to file a detailed application concerning their equal pay...more

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Growing State and Local Equal Pay Protections

Pay equity will be a focus of the Biden Administration, as was made clear in the White House Proclamation on Equal Pay Day last week. But states are not waiting on the federal government to act; several are moving forward...more

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Pay Data Reporting Portal Opens Today for California Employers

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As indicated recently, California’s Pay Data Reporting Act requires all private-sector employers with 100 or more employees, with at least one employee in California, to report pay and hours worked by employees by race,...more

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Colorado Releases Guidance on Equal Pay Transparency Rules

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Along with a host of other laws across the country, Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (“Act”) went into effect on January 1, 2021. Among other measures, the Act requires all employers—located anywhere in the United...more

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New Pay Equity Reporting Requirements In California Are Due Soon

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In September of last year, Governor Newsom signed SB 973, California’s first statutory employee data reporting requirement. SB 973 became codified as section 12999 of the California Government Code.  The bill was authored by...more

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