News & Analysis as of October 13, 2024

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Minnesota Enacts Pay Transparency Law to Require Salary Range Disclosure in Job Postings

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/6/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: Minnesota joins the growing number of states to adopt statewide legislation requiring employers to disclose starting salary ranges and other forms of compensation and benefits in postings for open...more

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/5/2024

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

Much Needed Clarity May Finally Be Coming on Who Qualifies as a Job Applicant Under the Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/27/2024

On August 20, 2024, Western District of Washington Judge John H. Chun asked the Washington Supreme Court to answer the question of what a party must prove to be considered a “job applicant” for the purposes of a pay...more

Maryland Amends Pay Transparency Law to Require Wage Range Disclosure in Job Postings

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/17/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: Maryland Governor Wes Moore has signed into law a bill that will expand Maryland employers’ pay transparency obligations. Effective October 1, 2024, employers must disclose in public or internal job...more

Salary History Ban Set to Take Effect in Columbus

Bricker Graydon LLP on 2/22/2024

Starting on March 1, 2024, Columbus will join over 40 states, counties, and cities, including Cincinnati and Toledo, in prohibiting employers from asking applicants about wage rates or salary history. The Columbus ordinance’s...more

We Slept In! Time To Prepare for New 2024 Requirements!

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/18/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: Prepare for new California workplace legal requirements effective January 1, 2024, now. Seyfarth has you covered with all the ways to protect your workplace just like Kevin McCallister defends his house....more

Every Who In California Must Update Their Wage Theft Notice For January

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/1/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: Among new workplace legal requirements effective January 1, 2024, making employers green in the face with end of the year preparations are necessary revisions to Wage Theft Notices. They must be ready for...more

Employers Should Be Aware of Additional Changes to Minnesota Employment Laws

Lathrop GPM on 8/8/2023

As we have previously reported, the most recent Minnesota legislative session resulted in a number of new laws that affect employers with Minnesota-based employees. We have issued client alerts about Minnesota’s new law...more

New York Will Require Employers to Disclose Salary Ranges for All Advertised Jobs and Promotions

Foley Hoag LLP on 1/3/2023

On December 21, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a statewide pay transparency measure into law. The new law, which goes into effect on September 18, 2023, requires covered employers and employment agencies to list...more

[Webinar] 2022 WORKing Lunch Series: Pay Equity & Transparency: Rising Workplace Trends - September 13th, 12:30 pm ET

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 8/11/2022

New York, which has over 9.3 million workers and counting, will soon join other jurisdictions in a growing trend of state and local pay transparency requirements for employers across the country. Currently there are 17 states...more

The Latest in Multi-Jurisdictional Compliance With Employment Application Laws

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/22/2022

A growing number of states and municipalities are restricting the types of inquiries employers can make during hiring, creating concerns with what employers can include or must include on job applications and job postings. ...more

NYC Amends Pay Transparency Law with Implications for Employers Located Outside of the City

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP on 5/11/2022

On April 28, 2022, the New York City Council (the “Council”) voted to amend the City’s new pay transparency law (the “Law”), pushing back the effective date from May 15, 2022 to November 1, 2022 and resulting in several...more

Connecticut Department of Labor Guidance on Wage Range Disclosure Law Still Leaves Questions Unanswered

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/8/2021

The Connecticut Department of Labor recently issued non-binding guidance regarding Public Act 21-30, “An Act Concerning the Disclosure of Salary Range for a Vacant Position” (“Act”). The Act went into effect on October 1,...more

Pay Equity Comes to the Ocean State: What Rhode Island Employers Need to Know About New Pay Equity Law

Fisher Phillips on 8/16/2021

Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee recently signed broad new pay equity legislation into law that will require you to change many common workplace practices, slated to take effect on January 1, 2023. While it might seem so...more

Nevada Joins Other States in Creating Pay Equity Law

Fisher Phillips on 8/10/2021

Beginning October 1, 2021, private employers and certain public employers in Nevada will no longer be able to request or rely upon an applicant’s wage history to determine the applicant’s potential rate of pay. The new law,...more

Rhode Island Amends Pay Equity Law, Bans Salary History Inquiries, and Requires Pay Scale Disclosures

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/2/2021

Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed pay equity legislation (H 5261A, S 0270A) that will go into effect on January 1, 2023. The new legislation amends Rhode Island’s existing pay equity law and contains the following key...more

Connecticut Employers Take Note – Cease Seeking Past Pay Information

Verrill on 7/27/2021

Big changes are coming to Connecticut employers and with it, many organizational hiring practices with the passage of HB Number 6380. HB Number 6380 limits the disclosure of wage information from past positions. Currently,...more

Top 12 Things Employers Need to Know About the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act

Fisher Phillips on 7/6/2021

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act became effective at the beginning of 2021, but employers across the state continue to have questions about the scope of the new law. While the Colorado Department of Labor and...more

Pay Equity in Connecticut: New Legislation Requires Disclosure of Salary Ranges

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/9/2021

In January of 2019, Connecticut implemented legislation that, among other things, prohibited employers from inquiring about an applicant’s prior salary history. The Nutmeg State took it a step further yesterday, when Governor...more

Starting Compensation And Pay Equity In California

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/21/2021

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

Hi[gh]ring Practices: Salary History Bans

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/18/2021

As more states legalize cannabis, growth in job opportunities rises. However, with more jobs, the greater the risk of employment related lawsuits at the hiring stage. While there are a host of issues cannabis companies need...more

New Year, New Legal Requirements for New York Employers

Blank Rome LLP on 1/12/2021

While New York employers will likely face ongoing challenges in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt business operations, they must also contend with a number of new and recently enacted employment laws. To help...more

[Webinar] The New Frontier: Explaining Pay Data Information Requirements for Promotions & Hires Under the Colorado Equal Pay for...

DirectEmployers Association on 1/11/2021

New state legislative action has birthed a new frontier for employers in the region. Following up on our webinar in December regarding the new pay data transparency publication requirements for listings and postings in...more

What Employers Need to Know About Colorado’s New Equal Pay Act

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/10/2020

Employers operating, even on a limited basis, in Colorado should be aware of Colorado’s recent wage disparity and discrimination bill, which takes effect in 2021 and imposes widespread requirements related to record-keeping,...more

Hiring? Recent Amendments to Equal Pay for Equal Work Act Impose New Limits on Employers

PilieroMazza PLLC on 12/8/2020

Almost thirty years ago, Maryland’s General Assembly passed the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (Act), imposing an obligation on Maryland employers to pay employees equal amounts for the same work, regardless of the employee’s...more

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