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Pay Equity Deep Dive Part 10: Proactive vs. Reactive Pay Equity

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The primary objective of a proactive pay equity analysis is to identify and remediate pay disparities and prevent future ones. In contrast, the primary objective of a reactive pay equity analysis is to address immediate...more

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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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Canada Employers: Pay Equity Plans Due Soon

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Canadian employers that are unionized or have 100 or more employees must have their pay equity plans finalized and posted by Sept. 3, 2024. The plans must be prepared by way of a pay equity committee that is composed of...more

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Understanding the EU Pay Transparency Directive

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At one time largely a U.S. concern, pay equity and transparency have rapidly become globally important to all multinational companies wherever headquartered. The EU Pay Transparency Directive is a milestone adopted with clear...more

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Massachusetts Adopts Wage Equity and Pay Transparency Legislation: What Employers Need to Know

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On July 31, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law the “Frances Perkins Workplace Equity Act” (H.4890 or the “Act”). The legislature drafted this new act to enhance wage equity and transparency across the...more

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Massachusetts Passes Pay Transparency Law

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The Massachusetts Legislature passed its long-awaited pay transparency law July 24. Governor Maura Healey signed the bill July 31, which will take effect July 31, 2025. Massachusetts is the 11th state to pass a pay...more

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Massachusetts Joins Growing List of States Requiring Pay Transparency in Job Postings

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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed into law “An Act Relative to Salary Pay Range Transparency,” requiring employers with at least 25 employees to include pay range information in job postings and advertisements....more

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Massachusetts Enacts Pay Transparency Law

On July 31, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (D) signed into law a bill that is intended to increase wage transparency and close the gender-based wage gap in the Commonwealth. The law, which will take effect August 1,...more

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Pay Equity Deep Dive Part 9: Evaluating Remediation Effectiveness

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This is Part 9 of our “Pay Equity Deep Dive Series.” Part 1 focused on Compensation Philosophy Review and Pay Analysis Group formation and testing. Part 2 focused on Wage Influencing Factors (WIFs) and Reliability and...more

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Snap Reaches $15M Settlement Over Alleged Equal Pay Violations: Why the Deal Might Be a Sign of What’s to Come for All Employers

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Snapchat’s parent company has agreed to pay $15 million and take extensive measures to ensure fair employment practices as part of settlement to resolve claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against women at...more

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Apple Accused of Pay Inequity in California Lawsuit

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A class action lawsuit was filed against Apple on June 13 accusing the company of paying more than 12,000 women in California less than men with comparable jobs. The lawsuit, filed in state court in San Francisco by two...more

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British Columbia Releases Pay Transparency Tool for Employers

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British Columbia’s Ministry of Finance released its tool for employers to submit their pay transparency reports. Employers with 1,000 or more B.C. employees will need to submit reports by Nov. 1, 2024 as required by the Pay...more

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Florida Attorney General Investigating Starbucks’ DEI Practices

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Florida’s top legal officer said the state will investigate Starbucks for its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody claims Starbucks’ DEI initiatives that are meant to...more

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Sweden Releases Its Proposed Amendments of EU Pay Transparency Directive

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In response to the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which requires employers operating in European Union member states to report on pay data, Trusaic will be evaluating the state of each country in the EU’s current gender pay...more

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Pay Equity and Transparency: Expanding Obligations for U.S. Employers with EU Operations

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The Situation: While U.S. states continue to legislate pay equity and transparency obligations, significant changes are on the horizon in the European Union that will impact U.S. companies with sizeable operations there. The...more

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

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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

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Employee Pay Expectations Are Soaring: How to Proceed with Pay Equity in Mind

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New labor market data revealed job seekers’ salary expectations have risen significantly from the previous year. The triannual survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found the lowest average wage respondents would...more

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Pay Transparency: Is Change Afoot in the UK?

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With the deadline for gender pay gap reporting in the UK having just passed in early April, we explore some of the broader pay gap reporting, pay equity and pay transparency developments, and predict how these wider external...more

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New York City Increasing Pay Transparency Enforcement Activity

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New York City’s pay transparency law, which went into effect September 2023, has been the subject of employer scrutiny in regard to compliance. The law requires employers to provide “good faith” salary ranges on job postings....more

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Maryland Set to Pass Updated Pay Transparency Law

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Maryland is set to update its pay transparency law to require employers to provide salary ranges on job postings. The bill (HB 649) was passed by the Senate March 29 after the House passed it March 15. If signed by Gov. Wes...more

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Maryland Poised to Continue Trend of Jurisdictions Mandating Pay Transparency in Job Postings

Maryland is seeking to become the latest jurisdiction to require companies to disclose pay in job postings. On March 29, 2024, the Maryland Senate approved House Bill 649, Labor and Employment – Equal Pay for Equal Work –...more

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Pay Equity Deep Dive Part V: Key Considerations When Developing a Remediation Strategy

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This is Part V of our “Pay Equity Deep Dive Series.” Part I focused on Compensation Philosophy Review and Pay Analysis Group formation and testing. Part II focused on Wage Influencing Factors (WIFs) and Reliability and...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: How Can Employers Prepare for the Future of Pay Equity? - Employment Law This Week®

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This week, we’re highlighting the evolving landscape of pay equity and pay data reporting requirements: Efforts to address pay disparities have led to an increase in pay equity legislation that shows no signs of slowing...more

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Austria’s Path Toward Shrinking the Gender Pay Gap Under EU Directive

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In response to the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which requires employers operating in European Union member states to report on pay data, Trusaic will be evaluating the state of each country in the EU’s current gender pay...more

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“Show Me the Money”: Pay equity and transparency in the workplace

Today is National Equal Pay Day. They say that the average woman has to work from January 1, 2023, through March 12, 2024, to make as much money as a man who worked only in calendar year 2023. While there are many...more

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