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

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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

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Illinois Passes New Pay Transparency Law That Will Require Pay Info In Job Postings: Your Compliance Blueprint

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Illinois employers will be required to reveal salary information in job postings thanks to a new law that was just finalized by the governor. On August 11, Governor Pritzker passed into law amendments to the Illinois Equal...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

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Offering Hiring and Retention Bonuses May Become Easier In Oregon

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Oregon’s Equal Pay Act- Under Oregon’s Equal Pay Act (the “Act”), employers may not pay employees differently if they perform work of comparable character unless the pay difference is based on a listed “bona fide” factor,...more

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New Illinois Equal Pay Bill Would Require More Transparent Job Postings: 4 Things Employers Need to Know

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The Illinois Equal Pay Act has been around for a decade, but it’s seen many changes in the past few years. The act was amended in 2021 to impose new equal pay compliance requirements and create new obligations for private...more

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[Webinar] Pay Transparency: Employer Requirements and Proactive Strategies - April 5th, 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT

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Across the country, pay transparency is an escalating priority for today’s workforce and lawmakers. In both Washington and Oregon—where we have laws targeting equal pay—new compliance requirements and strategies are driving...more

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California Labor Commissioner Issues FAQs Clarifying Pay Transparency Law

As we previously reported here last fall, California enacted a pay transparency law (SB 1162) requiring employers with 15 or more employees to disclose pay scales in job postings beginning January 1, 2023. The Labor...more

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California Provides Some (But Not Much) Guidance on New Pay Scale Disclosure Requirement: 6 Key Takeaways for Employers

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California officials recently updated their Equal Pay Act FAQs to answer a handful of questions about the state’s new pay transparency requirement for job postings — which goes into effect on January 1. But California...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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Washington to Require Salary Ranges in Job Postings Starting 2023

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Effective January 1, 2023, Washington employers with at least 15 employees must affirmatively disclose the wage scale or salary range and a general description of all benefits and other compensation being offered when posting...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

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Challenge to Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act Will Have Important (and Costly) Implications for Employers

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Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, SB19-085 (the Equal Pay Act), went into effect on January 1, 2021. Colorado’s new law follows a string of laws in other states seeking to expand the protections related to equal pay,...more

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

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

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

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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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Equal Pay Day 2020: Seyfarth’s Release of Equal Pay Resources

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Equal Pay Day 2020, Seyfarth’s Pay Equity Group is pleased to release two reference guides: its Fourth Annual 50-State Pay Equity Desktop Reference and 2020 Developments in Pay Litigation Report. ...more

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Key Employer Take-Aways from Long-Awaited Guidance on New Jersey's Equal Pay Act

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On March 2, 2020, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) issued Guidance on the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (Equal Pay Act) – the New Jersey law requiring employers to offer equal pay to employees performing...more

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Illinois Equal Pay Act Mandates To Take Effect September 29

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Amendments to Illinois’ Equal Pay Act (EPA) go into effect on September 29, 2019, leaving employers little time to adjust their hiring practices. No Inquiries into Salary History. Under the amended EPA, employers and...more

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New York Enacts Various New Employment Laws

• The New York State Equal Pay Act (EPA) now will apply to all protected categories (including race, national origin, religion, etc.) rather than just gender, dramatically expanding the reach of the statute. • New York...more

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Illinois Amends Equal Pay Act And Adds Ban On Pay History Inquiries

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Key Points: Illinois amended the Equal Pay Act to protect job applicants by banning inquiries into salary and wage history information. The Act also protects employees’ rights to disclose, and otherwise exercise their...more

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Salary History Bans and the Illinois Amended Equal Pay Act: What Employers Need to Know Now

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The amendments to the Act prohibit Illinois employers and employment agencies from asking job applicants or their prior employers about an applicant’s salary history. The amendments are effective as of September 29, 2019....more

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Illinois Amends Equal Pay Act to Prohibit Questions About Salary History

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Recently, Illinois amended its Equal Pay Act to include a ban on salary-history inquiries, with the stated goal of reducing gender pay inequities.  Specifically, the amendments prohibit employers from asking questions...more

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Illinois Governor Signs Changes to State Equal Pay Act Including Salary History Ban

As we previously reported, the Illinois legislature passed House Bill 834 and Governor J. B. Pritzker signed the bill into law. It will become effective September 29, 2019. The new law prohibits employers from requesting or...more

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Illinois Amends Equal Pay Act – What Employers Need to Know

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On July 31, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 101-0177, which, for the second time this year, amends the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 (“IEPA”).1 The most recent amendments are consistent with trends seen in...more

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