Pay Equity Laws, Good Faith

Pay Transparency Comes to Maryland: 6 Key Takeaways and What You Should Do Next

Fisher Phillips on 5/21/2024

Maryland is the latest state to jump on the pay transparency bandwagon after Gov. Wes Moore signed new “wage range” requirements into law last month. Beginning October 1, Maryland employers must include salary and benefits...more

Rhode Island Enacts Pay Equity Safe Harbor

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA on 7/18/2023

We previously reported that several states have enacted safe harbors for employers who proactively audit their pay practices and remediate any observed equal pay violations. Now Rhode Island has joined the fray....more

State-Wide Pay Transparency Law to Go Into Effect September 2023

Lippes Mathias LLP on 12/29/2022

On December 21, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to the New York State Labor Law that will significantly affect the way all but the smallest of private employers in New York State advertise open...more

Is Pay Transparency the New Normal? Here’s What Employers Should Know

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 11/14/2022

Earlier this month, New York City became the latest jurisdiction to impose pay transparency requirements on employers. Effective November 1, 2022, New York City’s Pay Transparency Law, an amendment to the New York City Human...more

Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

Fisher Phillips on 1/7/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Sweeping Equal Pay Amendments

Morgan Lewis on 8/1/2016

The law, which the governor is expected to sign, features a new “substantially similar” standard, strict limits on seeking compensation history, and an affirmative defense for good-faith self-evaluations. The General...more