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Gender-Based Pay Discrimination

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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

Tick, Tock….The EEOC Runs Out The Clock – Fiscal Year 2017 Marks A Last Minute Return To Frantic Filing

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/2/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: With uncertain times and profound changes anticipated for the EEOC, employers anxiously await what enforcement litigation the EEOC has in store. Although 2016 showed a marked decline in filings, fiscal year...more

Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2016

Littler on 2/27/2017

This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more

University Of Denver Sued By EEOC for Sex-Based Pay Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/5/2016

University Paid Female Full Law Professors Significantly Less Than Male Counterparts, Federal Agency Charges - DENVER, Colo. - The University of Denver violated federal law by paying female employees lower wages than...more

The Clock Has Struck 12 On The EEOC Fiscal Year-End Countdown – Surprising Revelations For FY 2016

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/3/2016

With the end of another EEOC fiscal year employers look with anticipation to what the year-end trends can tell us about the sometimes elusive EEOC litigation agenda. In years past, the EEOC has engaged in a “filing frenzy,”...more

OFCCP Updates Sex Discrimination Guidelines for Federal Contractors

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/16/2016

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a final rule yesterday, enforcing Executive Order 11246 and updating its sex discrimination guidelines for federal contractors. Prior to yesterday’s issuance, the...more

Employment Law - September 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/16/2015

From the California Legislature: New Employment Laws, Bills Set for Signature: Why it matters - The California Legislature has been busy with employment-related bills, passing measures to provide additional...more

Second Circuit Decision Resuscitates EEOC’s Gender Discrimination Suit Against Sterling Jewelers

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 9/11/2015

This week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit sharply limited employers’ ability to challenge the adequacy of the EEOC’s pre-suit investigations. The Court issued an opinion vacating a district court...more

Five EEOC Initiatives to Monitor on the Agency’s Silver Anniversary

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/23/2015

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) opened its doors on July 2, 1965, exactly one year after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of that act (“Title VII”) prohibits...more

EEOC Sues Checkers for Pay Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/14/2013

Restaurant Chain Paid Female Managers and Cashiers Less Than Males, Federal Agency Says - PHILADELPHIA -- Market Burgers, L.L.C., doing business as Checkers, a fast food restaurant chain, violated federal law by paying...more

Court Strikes Down Proposed Class of Female Wal-Mart Employees – Again!

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 8/13/2013

After suffering defeat in the United States Supreme Court, Plaintiffs in Dukes et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. returned to court in California in an attempt to certify a newly defined and smaller class of 150,000 current and...more

EEOC Sues Extended Stay Hotels for Pay Discrimination Based on Sex

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/12/2013

Hotel Paid Women Less Than Male Employees, Federal Agency Charges - BALTIMORE - A leading hotel chain, Extended Stay Hotels, unlawfully paid female employees lower wages than those paid to male employees for performing...more

Legal Alert: OFCCP Issues New Directive For Analyzing Pay Discrimination Claims

FordHarrison on 3/1/2013

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that it is rescinding its "Voluntary Guidelines" and "Compensation Standards," which the agency adopted in 2006 to evaluate pay discrimination claims...more

Gender Inequality Claims Make Headlines in Case and in New Study

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 1/29/2013

Over the last week, two unrelated stories caught my eye. For employers, they are a reminder that claims of pay inequality based on gender are still something to be concerned about. ...more

New Jersey Department of Labor Proposes Rules to Implement New Pay Equality Poster and Notice Requirements

Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/10/2013

On September 19, 2012, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a law requiring employers in the State of New Jersey with more than 50 employees to post and distribute notification to employees detailing "the right to be...more

Another Update: New Jersey’s New Pay Equality Notice Law

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/5/2013

As we have previously discussed (September 24, 2012 alert and December 2012 eAuthority), a new law will require New Jersey employers, with 50 or more employees, to post and distribute (at various times) a notice to employees...more

Eastern District Refuses To Rely On Dukes To Kill Class Claims At Pleadings Stage Of Sex Bias Lawsuit

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/23/2012

Calibuso, et al. v. Bank of America Corp., et al., No. 10-CV-1413(JFB)(ETB) (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 27, 2012, Bianco, J.): The plaintiffs, on behalf of a Rule 23 putative class of financial advisors, claimed that Bank of America’s...more

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