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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
With the deadline for gender pay gap reporting in the UK having just passed in early April, we explore some of the broader pay gap reporting, pay equity and pay transparency developments, and predict how these wider external...more
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
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
International Women’s Day for 2024 has the important theme of Count Her In: Invest in Women. The UN talks about the importance of empowering women and investing in women in a range of ways. This includes accelerating women’s...more
New regulations have been issued strengthening Brazil’s equal pay framework. On 3 July 2023 Brazil passed a new Gender Pay Gap Law, which, for the first time, will oblige companies with more than 100 employees to report...more
15 November is European Equal Pay Day. To mark the occasion, we take a look at the EU's Pay Transparency Directive, passed earlier this year. What will it mean for businesses? And what can employers do now to prepare for...more
By way of Order in Council approved and ordered on October 23, 2023, British Columbia’s Pay Transparency Regulation (Regulation) was made. The Regulation provides information about how pay transparency reports are to be...more
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
The Pay Transparency Directive will bring gender pay gap reporting to the entire EU and introduce sweeping changes to the equal pay landscape. A key part of the package of measures is the mandatory ‘Joint Pay Assessment’....more
The Pay Transparency Directive will create new gender pay gap reporting obligations throughout the EU. In this article, we answer some frequently asked questions about this new legislation....more
This summer many Japanese companies took their first legally required steps toward joining the growing global movement to address gender inequality and promote equal opportunities in the workforce. The Act on Promotion of...more
This year’s Women’s World Cup, which kicked off on July 20, 2023, has been drawing record viewers both in person and on television. As viewers watch these teams compete, many wonder whether these athletes receive pay equal to...more
UPDATE: The EU Directive on pay transparency was adopted by the EU Parliament on March 30, 2023, and the EU Council April 24, 2023. On May 17, 2023, it was published on the EU’s Official Journal and will come into force 20...more
In March 2022, the UK government confirmed that it would not require employers to report their ethnicity pay gaps because it was unwilling to impose new business burdens. However, it wanted to encourage reporting and...more
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
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
Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value: the legal foundations of this principle have been enshrined in European and German laws for decades. Lawmakers attempted to strengthen actual enforcement by enacting the...more
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
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
The countdown for new legislation in Ireland requiring large companies to report on differences in pay between men and women has begun, with many Irish employers required to prepare and submit gender pay gap reports in...more
The UK government has made clear, in its “Inclusive Britain” policy paper published on March 17, that ethnicity pay gap reporting will not be mandatory for employers “at this stage.” ...more
Ethnicity pay gap reporting is currently voluntary in the UK. The Government ran a consultation for employers about ethnicity pay gap reporting that ended in January 2019, and on 9 February 2021, the Women and Equalities...more
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
Employment newsletter In this weeks issue: Beating around the bush – disclosure did not have to identify legal obligation Gone fishing – disclosure in equal pay claims All change – tribunal limits and pay gap reporting ...more