Pay Equity Laws, Employer Liability Issues, Regulatory Requirements

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

British Columbia Pay Transparency Regulation Provides Information on Preparing Pay Transparency Reports

Littler on 11/8/2023

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

Civil Rights Department Permits Deferrals For Reporting Labor Contractor Employee Pay Data

CDF Labor Law LLP on 4/20/2023

As previously reported here, California law requires private employers of 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...more

Pay Transparency Goes Primetime: Sweeping New Federal Legislation Proposed in Congress

Littler on 4/14/2023

New proposed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would require all employers nationwide – regardless of size or number of employees – to include the wage range in all job postings, provide wage ranges to...more

California SB 1162: Frequently Asked Questions

Trusaic on 11/18/2022

Every so often, a “tsunami” law comes crashing in. SB 1162, the new California pay transparency law, is sweeping in with substantial changes to the employment landscape. So significant, that employers who have just one...more

California SB 1162 Signed Into Law: Takes Effect Jan. 1

Trusaic on 11/9/2022

Recently, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1162 into law. It is now one of the most aggressive pay equity laws in the country. Effective January 1, 2023, organizations around the country will have sweeping new...more

New Pay Equity Reporting Requirements Effective for Large Illinois Employers

Polsinelli on 7/13/2022

Illinois’ Equal Pay Act of 2003 now requires Illinois employers with 100 or more employees (who are required to file an EEO-1 report with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”)) to apply for an Equal Pay...more

First Deadline Approaching for New Illinois Equal Pay Act Requirements

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 2/15/2022

On January 25, 2022, the Illinois Department of Labor (“IDOL”) issued notices to 625 Illinois businesses to inform them that they have until May 25, 2022 to submit their Equal Pay Registration Certificate (“Certificate”)...more

Illinois Equal Pay Certificate Requirements Amended

Littler on 8/25/2021

In the past six months, Illinois enacted SB 1480 and SB 1847, which amended various laws including the Illinois Equal Pay Act (the “Act”). Governor Pritzker signed SB 1480 into law on March 23, 2021 (“March 2021...more

Connecticut Employers Required to Disclose Wage Ranges to Employees and Job Applicants and Ensure Male and Female Employees...

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 8/9/2021

On June 7, 2021, Governor Lamont signed into law “An Act Concerning the Disclosure of Salary Range for a Vacant Position,” which amends Connecticut General Statutes §§ 31-40z and 31-75. As you might have guessed, the law...more

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