DE Under 3: FAR Council's Latest Proposed Rule & OFCCP's 10 New FAQs on Compensation History
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s Unlawful Discrimination Allegations Stair-Step Down in FY 2022
#WorkforceWednesday: Pay Data Collection Study, Colorado Non-Compete Restrictions, D.C. Circuit Vacates Browning-Ferris - Employment Law This Week®
Hot Spots in Employment Law 2022
The Future of Pay Equity
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#WorkforceWednesday: Component 2 Pay Data Shutdown, CDC Coronavirus Guidance, and California Employers Fight Back - Employment Law This Week®
Developments in New York State Labor and Employment Law – What You Need to Know in 2020
I-18- DC Update on Joint Employer and OT Issues, and Part 1 of an Expert Interview on Pay Equity Audits
Seyfarth Synopsis: One issue that has consistently divided the federal courts is whether an equal pay plaintiff can establish a prima faciecase of wage discrimination by pointing to a single comparator of the opposite sex who...more
A federal appeals court recently made clear that judges must evaluate equal pay claims separately under federal law and New York’s separate equal pay law because the scope of the NY law is broader and could capture more legal...more
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
As pay equity legislation expands, the number of equal pay claims is increasing. More than 950 pay discrimination charges were filed with the EEOC in fiscal year 2022, the first increase in Equal Pay Act pay discrimination...more
Mississippi Governor, Tate Reeves, had three options. He could have vetoed the state’s pending pay equity bill. He did not. He could have let it come into effect without action. He passed on this path too. Instead, on...more
The new requirements for employers to comply with the Illinois Equal Pay Act (the “Act”) Amendments took effect last month. As previously discussed, between March 24, 2022 and March 23, 2024, employers with 100 or more...more
Last year, the Illinois legislature amended the state’s Equal Pay Act of 2003 to impose new requirements on employers. This year, employers will need to start complying with the EPA’s new equal pay certification requirements...more
Colorado employers should be preparing for a big change that will impact your workplaces, as Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act becomes effective on January 1, 2021. With the effective date fast approaching, you must use...more
A growing number of state and local governments across the country are enacting laws that limit employers’ ability to ask about or consider applicants’ salary history. These laws are part of a nationwide effort to reduce pay...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In an unusual opinion considering an issue raised by the plaintiff for the first time on appeal, the Second Circuit clarifies that unlike under the Equal Pay Act, Title VII plaintiffs need not show “equal...more
The federal Equal Pay Act (EPA) requires that men and women in the same workplace be compensated with equal pay for equal work. Nearly every state has its own law that also prohibits discrimination in wages on the basis of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: This week, New York state expanded a state Equal Pay Act, making it illegal to pay someone less based on characteristics including race, religion, disability or gender identity, and also other protected...more
The New York State Legislature has passed an amendment to New York’s Achieve Pay Equity Act (the “Act”), which will prohibit pay discrimination against any employee based on his or her membership in any class protected by the...more
Currently, the New York Equal Pay Act provides that no employee shall be paid at a lesser wage rate than an employee of the opposite sex in the same establishment for equal work on a job requiring equal skill, effort and...more
The trend of increased legislation, regulation, and corporate initiatives focused on identifying and correcting pay disparities in the workplace has continued to grow. In this episode, Liz Washko discusses recent developments...more
New York State will vastly expand the scope of its Equal Pay Act to cover all characteristics protected under the New York Human Rights Law, including age, race, creed, national origin, sexual orientation and disability....more
Alabama recently joined 48 other states by passing a law banning wage discrimination. On June 11, Governor Kay Ivey signed HB 225, known as the Clarke Figures Equal Pay Act, into law. The Act’s effective date is August 1. In...more
In order to fight against gender inequalities at work, French law no. 2018-771 adopted on 5 September 2018 introduces an obligation for employers to achieve the principle of equal remuneration between women and men (as...more
In this episode of the Working Wise Podcast Series, K&L Gates Orange County Partner Spencer Hamer discusses recent trends in pay equity law, as well as proactive strategies employers can implement to promote pay equity in the...more
Potential exposure for a violation of Oregon’s Equal Pay Act is considerable. Employees alleging unpaid wages or pay equity discrimination may be awarded two years of back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorney...more
• New Jersey employers have less than two months to ensure they are providing equitable pay to their employees under the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (Act), which takes effect July 1, 2018. • The Act significantly expands...more
On Tuesday, April 24, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (the “Act”), which amends the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) to provide enhanced equal pay...more
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed perhaps the strongest Equal Pay Act in the nation on April 24, 2018. The Governor described the law as setting a “national standard” and a “strong message to employers.” Unlike its...more
On April 24, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act that was passed by the legislature several weeks ago and is aimed at lessening the wage gap in the Garden State. The Equal Pay Act is...more