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Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

“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

Husch Blackwell LLP

EEOC Proposes New Guidance on Harassment - Open for Public Comment Until Nov. 1

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released proposed “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace.” The proposed guidance presents a legal analysis of the standards for harassment and employer...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Equal Pay Act Claim Should Not Have Been Dismissed

Allen v. Staples, Inc., 84 Cal. App. 5th 188 (2022) - Joyce Allen worked at Staples as a field sales director (FSD) reporting to area sales vice president Bruce Trahey; FSD Charles R. Narlock also reported to Trahey. As...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

California Court Reverses Dismissal of EPA Claim

A California appellate panel reversed dismissal of a female employee’s Equal Pay Act (EPA) claim, finding her evidence that a single male comparator was paid more than she was to be sufficient to survive summary judgment....more

Fisher Phillips

U.S. Women’s Soccer to Receive Equal Pay in Historic New Collective Bargaining Agreement

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In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Soccer Teams agreed to joint collective bargaining agreements with the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) on May 18 which guarantees equal pay for both teams. Not only...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

All on Board: Mississippi Joins the Nation in Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based on Gender

For the past three years, Mississippi remained the only state in the country that did not have a bill prohibiting pay discrimination based on gender. This all changed on April 20, 2022, when Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves...more

Fisher Phillips

Leveling the Playing Field: Lessons Employers Can Learn from U.S. Women’s Soccer $24 Million Settlement of Equal Pay Dispute

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In what is being portrayed as a significant victory for women in sports, the United States women’s national soccer team (USWNT) announced a $24 million-dollar settlement of a class action equal pay action against the U.S....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] The Biden-Harris Administration’s Agenda for Women

In this special episode, Akin Gump investment management partner and Women Firmwide Resource Group co-head Barbara Niederkofler moderates a panel featuring labor and employment partner Esther Lander, public law and policy...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: Payment and Prayer

This week, the Ninth Circuit issued two decisions addressing interesting employment-discrimination issues.  In the first, a divided panel held that a university’s policy of raising the salaries of professors who threaten to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Ninth Circuit Finds Gender Discrimination in Retention Raise

An Equal Pay Act plaintiff must show that employees of the opposite sex were paid different wages for equal work. Pretty simple — right? However, there are many factors that go into deciding what is “equal work” or whether...more

Littler

California Superior Court Grants Class Certification in Equal Pay Case

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On April 30, 2020, Judge V. Raymond Swope of San Mateo Superior Court granted plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in Jewett et al. v. Oracle America, Inc. In doing so, the court certified a class of more than 4,100...more

Orrick - Equal Pay Pulse

California District Court Kicks Out U.S. Women’s National Team’s Equal Pay Claims

A California district court dealt a blow to the U.S. Women’s National Team’s (WNT) equal pay case on May 1, granting partial summary judgment to the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in the headline-grabbing case filed...more

Orrick - Equal Pay Pulse

No Equal Work Required: Second Circuit Rejects Strict Application of EPA Standard to Title VII Claim

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The Second Circuit ruled this month in Lenzi v. Systemax, Inc. that “Title VII does not require a showing of unequal pay for equal work.” Drawing a line between the Equal Pay Act (“EPA”) and Title VII, the court held that...more

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Employers, In Case You Were Wondering: Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Do Not Pay Off

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Just ask Riot Games, which recently agreed to pay $10,000,000 to settle a class action lawsuit for alleged violations of the California Equal Pay Act, and gender discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. The settlement...more

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Crazy Rich Pay Equity Dispute? Movie Co-Writer Quits Project After Claiming Pay Equity Problem

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Pay equity concerns in Hollywood are not limited to famous actresses (such as Michelle Williams) or comediennes (such as Mo’Nique). As reported this week by the Hollywood Reporter, the co-writer of smash hit “Crazy Rich...more

Jackson Walker

Equal Pay and the Wage Gap: Where Are We Now?

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The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) has recently been in the press due to a lawsuit filed by 28 players from the U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team against the U.S. Soccer Federation. According to the lawsuit, filed on March 8,...more

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U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s Equal Pay Fight Continues As They Defend Their Title As World Champions

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On March 8, 2019, all 28 players on the women’s national team, initiated a proposed class and collective action in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the United States Soccer...more

Burr & Forman

Burr Alert: Alabama Equal Pay Act

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On June 11, 2019 Governor Kay Ivey signed the Clarke-Figures Equal Pay Act into law. The new law makes Alabama the 49th state to enact a state law against wage inequality. HB225 was sponsored by Representative Adline Clarke...more

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U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Proceeds with Equal Pay Fight

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On March 8, 2019, all 28 players on the women’s national team initiated a proposed class and collective action in federal court against the U.S. Soccer Federation. Their action alleged discrimination based on sex in violation...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

House Holds Hearing on Paycheck Fairness Act

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On Wednesday, February 13, Seyfarth Shaw’s Camille A. Olson testified at a joint hearing of the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Equal Pay Audits: Current State of the Law

On September 20, 2018, Skadden hosted the webinar “Equal Pay Audit: Current State of the Law.” The panelists were Karen Corman, Skadden labor and employment partner; Robin Quittell, managing director, chief human resources...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Hitting Home: Law Firms Are Now The Target Of A Spate Of New Pay Equity Cases

Big Law is no stranger to providing advice on pay equity or defending pay equity lawsuits. But until recently, headlines generally featured lawsuits challenging the compensation practices of their clients, not the law firms...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New Jersey Passes Laws on Sick Leave and Pay Equity; Will Tackle Worker Misclassification

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A little more than 100 days into his tenure, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has made it clear that employment is one of his top priorities. In the past two weeks, Gov. Murphy has signed a Paid Sick Leave and an Equal Pay...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Jersey Passes Historic Equal Pay Act

After years of failed attempts at equal pay legislation, New Jersey has now passed a historic equal pay law. Notably, the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (“Equal Pay Act”) becomes the strongest measure attempting to close the...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

From Blind Auditions to Fighting the Gender Pay Gap

Recently, I watched Marin Alsop conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO). I recalled the hype when she was appointed as the BSO’s first female music director in 2005. In January 2018, she was again in the news after...more

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