Attention, California employers: You only have until May 8 to report last year’s pay data to the state, and you need a plan of action in order to comply with this stringent law. The good news is that the state published...more
California’s electronic portal for mandatory pay data reporting opened on February 1st, giving employers three months to complete reporting. Employers with at least 100 employees should start, if they have not already,...more
California law requires private employers with 100 or more employees and/or 100 or more workers hired through labor contractors to annually report pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the Civil Rights Department...more
The Ninth Circuit gave short shrift to employees’ claims that an intermediary in the commerce of strawberries was responsible for paying the farmworkers’ wages under a creative legal theory that the intermediary was a “client...more
On April 14, 2023, the California Civil Rights Division (“CRD”) updated its frequently asked questions page regarding SB 1162, which sets forth California’s new pay data reporting requirements. The revised April 14th guidance...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: California’s Civil Rights Department has announced that it will allow employers to request an “enforcement deferral period” (i.e., an extension), which, if granted, gives employers until July 10th to submit...more
On April 14, 2023, California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with additional information on upcoming pay reporting requirements. According to CRD, employers can now request an...more
In 2022, the California legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 1162, which expanded the state’s existing pay data reporting requirements for “payroll employees” to include a new pay data report for employers with 100 or more...more
The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) recently issued new guidance confirming that private colleges and universities and labor contractors are subject to the newly expanded pay data reporting obligations added as part...more
California’s recently enacted pay transparency law (Senate Bill 1162) expands pay data reporting processes and requirements for California employers. The reporting requirements apply to all private employers with over 100...more
Most California employers are required submit Pay Data Reports (PDR) to the California Rights Department (CRD) on an annual basis, with Senate Bill (SB) 1162 modifying the existing pay data reporting law, SB 973, by requiring...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 19, 2023, California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) released FAQs regarding the recently amended California Pay Data Reporting Law covering the 2022 reporting period. We previously summarized SB...more
California employers with at least 100 employees are likely familiar with the pay data reporting requirements that were enacted in 2020. Recent amendments under SB 1162, however, make some significant changes for 2023. You...more
When Senate Bill (SB) 1162 was signed in 2022, much of the focus was on the new pay transparency requirements. However, the bill also amended pay data reporting requirements in California. Under the amendments covered...more
California recently enacted a landmark pay transparency law that requires employers to disclose pay ranges in job postings, joining a growing number of states and municipalities that impose such requirements aimed at...more
As we detailed here, California’s passage of SB 1162 expanded the pay data reporting obligations for private employers with 100 or more employees that file annual federal Employer Information Reports (EEO-1) to include...more
Currently, California requires large private employers that are subject to EEO-1 reporting obligations under federal law to also submit annual pay data reports to the California Civil Rights Division (CRD). Covered employers...more
On November 5, 2019, the California Labor Commissioner cited Inventory Professionals Inc. and Trader Joe’s for fines totaling more than $1.6 million, holding them jointly liable for wage violations for workers supplied to...more
The Parliament of Mongolia adopted the Amendment Law ("Amendment") to the Law of Mongolia on Labour ("Labour Law") on 21 April 2015. The amended law has now been published in the State Gazette, bringing it into force....more
Assembly Bill 1897 is essentially an effort to hold employers who contract for labor accountable for wage and hour violations, something the legislature has sought to do in various failed legislative attempts over the last...more
Employers in California should be prepared to comply with the requirements of Assembly Bill No. 1897, which, as discussed in our prior alert, increases liability for most companies who use contract labor for their operations....more
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed AB 1897 thereby creating new liability for businesses that engage in labor contracting. Current California law prohibits employers from entering into labor or services...more
Effective Jan. 1, 2015, businesses will be directly liable to workers supplied by labor contractors (including temporary and other staffing agencies) when those labor contractors fail to correctly and completely pay wages or...more