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Japan adopts LGBTQ awareness legislation

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In June 2023, the ‘Act on the Promotion of Citizens’ Understanding of Diversity of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’ was enacted by the Japanese legislature (the Diet)....more

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How Florida’s New Bathroom Law Will Impact Schools, Public Employers, and Businesses

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Florida lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday that will make it a crime for individuals to use certain bathrooms that don’t align with their gender at birth, raising many questions for schools, public employers, and businesses...more

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What Pronoun Are You? Dos and Don’ts to Protect Employers from Gender-Based Discrimination Claims.

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Bathroom access has become the buzz topic for gender-identity based discrimination claims as publicized and debated in popular media. This nationwide debate has featured the famous Virginia case of Gavin Grimm, see G.G. ex...more

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New Year, New Trend? New York to Require Corporate Reporting on Number of Women on the Board

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New York State recently enacted a new law (A 6330/S 4278) mandating a study of the proportion of female members on the boards of corporations authorized to do business in the state. To implement the study, the law requires...more

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Alabama Enacts Pay Equity Law

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On June 10, 2019, Alabama enacted the state’s first wage equity law.  The Clarke-Figures Equal Pay Act (CFEPA) mimics, in large portion, the federal Equal Pay Act (EPA), but includes race as a protected classification in...more

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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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In Pay, May All Be Created Equal…An Overview Of The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act

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On May 22, 2019, Colorado passed a new pay equity law which brings the state to the cutting edge of regulation in this area....more

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Mind The Gap: Ireland Takes Steps Towards Mandatory Pay Data Reporting

The Irish government is making pay equity a priority and is looking to join the trend of other countries across the world requiring employers’ regular reporting of wages. The lower house of the Irish legislature recently...more

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Colorado Enacts Equal Pay for Equal Work Law, Effective 2021

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Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (Senate Bill 85) into law on May 22. The intent of the new law is to help close the gender pay gap in Colorado...more

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Mile-High Expectations for Employers As Colorado Governor Signs Into Law One of Nation’s Toughest Pay Equity Law to Date

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 22, 2019, Colorado Governor Polis signed the “Equal Pay for Equal Work Act” which is the latest—and one of the most demanding—pay equity laws in the nation. ...more

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New York State Statute Now Protects Gender Identity in the Workplace

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Employers in New York should ensure that their policies and practices are compliant with changes to New York law that are set to take effect soon....more

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Is It Safe To Wade Into The “Safe Harbor” Waters In Recent Pay Laws?

A growing number of state and local governments have passed equal pay laws in recent years. These statutes and ordinances have varied in their specific content and have created a patchwork of legal requirements vexing...more

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California Employers To Face Raft Of New #MeToo Laws

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Wrapping up a whirlwind weekend, California Governor Jerry Brown just signed several pieces of legislation that will create new employer obligations in the areas of sexual harassment and gender discrimination. Specifically,...more

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New York Pay Equity Laws

New York State - As part of a broad agenda to protect and advance women’s equality, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Achieve Pay Equity Law (S.1/A.6075), which expands and changes New York’s equal pay act, N.Y....more

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Governor Wolf Issues Executive Order Attempting to Address Pay Inequality

On June 6, 2018, Governor Wolf signed Executive Order 2018-18-03, which is designed to combat the gender pay gap in Pennsylvania. The Executive Order directs all state agencies under the governor’s jurisdiction to...more

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Web Exclusive - May 2018: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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

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New Hampshire Passes Gender Identity Law

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On June 8, 2018, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed, “An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Gender Identity,” which adds gender identity as a protected characteristic to state anti-discrimination laws. ...more

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New Jersey Passes New Law on Pay Equity — and Much More

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Governor Phil Murphy continues to remake the legal landscape in New Jersey. On April 24, 2018, he signed into law far-reaching pay-equity legislation that will take effect on July 1, 2018....more

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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

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NYC Lawmakers Aim To Curb Sexual Harassment With Sweeping Legislation

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On the heels of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, the New York City Council passed a slate of legislation earlier this week aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. Entitled the “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC...more

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New Governor, New Result: New Jersey Legislature Passes Pay Equity Bill

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 26, 2018, the New Jersey Legislature passed Senate Bill 104, entitled the “Diana B. Allen Equal Pay Act,” an act modifying the Law Against Discrimination to promote equal pay for all protected...more

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Washington State Overhauls Equal Pay Laws After Seventy-Five Years

On March 21, 2018, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law amendments to Washington State’s Equal Pay Act, which had not been updated since 1943. ...more

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The Massachusetts Attorney General Issues Guidance on Sweeping Changes to the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act

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In advance of the July 1, 2018 implementation of extensive amendments to the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (“MEPA”), the Attorney General (“AG”) issued its Guidance on March 1, 2018. While the Guidance does not have regulatory...more

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You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat: Pay Equity Initiatives Flood the State Legislatures

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In 2017, legislatures in more than 40 jurisdictions across the United States considered more than 100 bills intended to narrow the lingering pay gap between men and women. While only a handful of those proposals ultimately...more

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Google It: Pay Equity Class Action Complaint Dismissed

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first case of its kind under the California Fair Pay Act, a court dismissed a pay equity class claim against Google, holding that alleging wage discrimination for “all women” does not plead enough...more

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