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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Equal Pay: What the Hit Netflix Show Tells UK Employers

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The concept of “work of equal value” is, at its simplest, a comparison between jobs that might seem very different but when distilled down, are actually of equal value to the employer. “Value” is a concept that has been...more

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Gender Equality at Work: Where Does France Stand?

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March is a good month to take stock of gender equality (or inequality) in the corporate world. While this is in part due to International Women's Day, in France, March also means the publishing of corporate gender equality...more

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Brazil’s new pay equality law: the practicalities

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The gender pay gap has recently been addressed in Brazil by legislation and two subsequent administrative directives. We take a look at how those initiatives might work in practice....more

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Brazilian Courts Issue Injunctions on Gender Pay Parity Law

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Brazilian Courts have already ruled on the controversial Brazil’s Gender Pay Parity Law (Law No. 14.611 of 2023 – “Equal Pay Act”)—regulated by Decree No. 11.795 of 2023 and Ordinance No. 3.714 of 2023. The Equal Pay act...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Monthly Highlights – UK Employment Law – March 2023

In this month’s instalment, our team highlight key updates to UK Gender Pay Gap Reporting, provide an overview of the increased limits on tribunal awards and the new “Vento Bands”, both coming into effect on 6 April 2023. We...more

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Closing the Gap: British Columbia Proposes New Pay Transparency Legislation

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On March 7, 2023, the British Columbia government introduced Bill 13, the Pay Transparency Act (the “Act”), designed to help close the province’s gender pay gap by imposing new disclosure and reporting obligations on certain...more

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Anspruch auf gleichwertiges Entgeld bei gleichwertiger Arbeit

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BAG zum Entgeltgleichheitsgebot nach Art. 157 AEUV und § 3 Abs. 1, § 7 EntgTranspG – Der zahnlose Tiger bekommt erste Klauen! Im Jahr 2021 entschied das Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG) erstmals, dass ein aufgrund von §§ 10ff....more

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Australia Takes Steps to Address Pay Secrecy and Gender Pay Gap

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According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), an Australian Government statutory agency created by the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, the gender pay gap in Australia is 22.8%, with women on average earning...more

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New provisions to implement equal opportunities/treatment at work in Italy

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The Italian Parliament has approved a new bill – the so called “Gribaudo” law - with the aim to implement equal opportunities/treatment for male and female employees at the workplace in Italy and to prevent discrimination....more

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French Gender Equality Index: New Publication Obligations

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France’s decree no. 2021-265 of March 10, 2021, has modified the publication modalities of the gender equality index and has imposed specific obligations on French companies benefiting from the stimulus plan introduced by the...more

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Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Organisations Granted Six-Month Grace Period

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As businesses continue to grapple with the effects of the pandemic in the spring of 2021, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has granted companies a six-month extension to report their gender pay figures. ...more

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Gender pay gap reporting update

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Enforcement of the obligation on UK employers of the requisite size to file gender pay gap reports was suspended in respect of 2019/20 due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The obligation to comply with the applicable gender pay gap...more

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Ontario, Canada: Human Rights Tribunal Finds Midwives Underpaid Due to Gender Discrimination

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In Association of Ontario Midwives v Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2020 HRTO 165, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (HRTO) found that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOH) underpaid midwives due to gender...more

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New Pay Equity Laws in Switzerland

The revised Gender Equality Act will go into effect in Switzerland on July 1, 2020. It requires employers with 100 or more employees to conduct an internal wage equality analysis, to have the results of the analysis reviewed...more

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Saudi Arabia Issues Resolution With Equal Pay Rules Among Changes Applicable to the Employment of Women

Employment law as it relates to women continued to be an area of focus for the government in 2019 with the issuance of Ministerial Resolution No. (39860), which sets out a number of rules....more

McDermott Will & Emery

International News: Employment - September 2019

Responses to Gender Pay Inequity: A Quick World Tour - Most major jurisdictions have pay equity laws, but their approach is far from uniform. Global companies need to evaluate compliance with these laws on a...more

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More Than Just a Game: U.S. Women’s Soccer’s Equal Pay Quest Takes World Stage

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As the newly crowned world champion U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team members received their winners’ medals Sunday, chants of “equal pay!” reverberated through the stadium. Those in attendance were well aware that the men’s...more

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Mind The Gap: Ireland Takes Steps Towards Mandatory Pay Data Reporting

The Irish government is making pay equity a priority and is looking to join the trend of other countries across the world requiring employers’ regular reporting of wages. The lower house of the Irish legislature recently...more

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UK Gender pay gap – where are we now?

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In early April the deadline passed for large UK employers to report on their gender pay gap (GPG). This is the first chance we have had to compare employers’ pay gap figures with previous years, putting new pressure on...more

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Europe’s Gender Pay Gap Rules Gather Momentum

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Europe has long-standing legislation requiring that men and women should receive equal pay for equal work. Despite this, the gender pay gap in the EU still averages around 16%. ...more

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Mind the gap across the Atlantic – the gender pay gap in the UK and the US

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Lorraine Heard, legal director at Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP, sets out the background to the new legal requirement that obliges large UK employers to report their gender pay gaps. Theresa Sprain, partner at Womble Bond...more

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