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Illinois Employers Must Act to Comply With New Equitable Employment Laws

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/12/2023

Since Gov. J. B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1480 (the Act) on March 23, 2021, the standards for employers have been raised for both hiring and employment practices. The Act incorporated significant changes to the Illinois...more

Lacey’s Place to Pay $92,964 to Settle EEOC Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/30/2023

Gaming Parlor Chain Paid Female Worker Less Than Men and Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO – Lacey’s Place LLC Series Midlothian, doing business as Lacey’s Place, which owns and operates more than...more

Vocal Coach’s Concerns of Disparate Treatment Insufficient to Undo her Dismissal

TNG Consulting on 1/12/2021

Warmington v. Board of Regents of the Univ. of Minnesota U.S. Dist. Ct., D. Minn. (April 21, 2020) - PROCEDURAL HISTORY: Warmington, a highly accomplished and nationally recognized track and field coach, resigned in...more

25th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - The Labor & Employment Year in Review: Is It Over Yet? West Coast Session

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 11/9/2020

Monday, October 26 - The Labor & Employment Year in Review: Is It Over Yet? Hinshaw labor and employment attorneys from the Midwest, East Coast, and West Coast addressed developments in the ever-changing landscape of...more

Second Verse, Same as the First: Ninth Circuit Reiterates That Salary History Does Not Justify Pay Differences Under the Equal Pay...

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/13/2020

On February 27, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Rizo v. Yovino, (again) found that salary history is not a “factor other than sex” that can justify a pay disparity in defense of a claim...more

Barenbrug USA Reaches Agreement with EEOC

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/13/2019

Grass Seed Company Resolves Investigation Into Unlawful Severance Agreements Offered to Employees During Recent Reduction in Force - MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and...more

Alabama is the Latest State to Join the Pay Equity Law Bandwagon

Fisher Phillips on 6/18/2019

Alabama recently joined 48 other states by passing a law banning wage discrimination. On June 11, Governor Kay Ivey signed HB 225, known as the Clarke Figures Equal Pay Act, into law. The Act’s effective date is August 1. In...more

Will Alabama Governor Sign Pay Equity Legislation?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/12/2019

Federal law already prohibits employers from paying an employee less than employees of another sex for equal work, unless the employer bases the wage difference on statutorily defined factors. Alabama and Mississippi were the...more

Working Wise: Proactive Strategies for Pay Equity Issues

K&L Gates LLP on 1/10/2019

In this episode of the Working Wise Podcast Series, K&L Gates Orange County Partner Spencer Hamer discusses recent trends in pay equity law, as well as proactive strategies employers can implement to promote pay equity in the...more

Equal Pay Audits: Current State of the Law

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/4/2018

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

Having Your Cake And Eating It Too: Sixth Circuit Rules That Employees Need Not Return Severance Pay Before Suing

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/2/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that former employees need not return severance pay before filing a lawsuit against an employer, when the employee alleges the...more

Tender Me This: Sixth Circuit Holds Employees Don’t Have to Give Severance Money Back before Filing Title VII or EPA Lawsuit

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/21/2018

In a decision that could have employers rethinking how they offer employees a severance agreement, in McClellan v. Midwest Machining, Inc. the Sixth Circuit held that former employees seeking to void severance agreements do...more

Be Careful What You Ask For: Asking a Job Applicant About Previous Pay May Violate the Equal Pay Act

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/18/2018

As we discussed in our Mind the Gap webinar, many states and municipalities have enacted laws that prohibit employers from using previous pay to justify unequal pay between men and women or between members of different...more

Employment Flash - April 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/2/2018

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent court decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on cases relating to the definition of a whistleblower and exemptions from the overtime pay provisions. This edition...more

New Guidance on the Equal Pay Act

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 4/25/2018

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision last week in Rizo v. Yovino, holding that an employer may not use an employee’s prior salary history to justify gender pay disparity under the federal Equal Pay...more

Salary History Cannot Justify Unequal Pay Between Men and Women, According to Ninth Circuit

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 4/12/2018

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that an employer cannot justify a pay difference between male and female employees performing equal work based on prior salary. Rizo v. Yovino. This is a significant decision...more

Ninth Circuit Holds Prior Salary Cannot Justify Wage Differences

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/11/2018

Enacted in 1963, the Equal Pay Act prohibits differential payments between male and female employees doing equal work except when made pursuant to a seniority system, a merit system, a system which measures earnings by...more

Web Exclusive: March 2018: The Top 13 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 4/10/2018

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 were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first three months...more

Massachusetts Employers Receive Guidance On Equal Pay Law - The Long-Anticipated Document Raises As Many Questions As It Answers

Fisher Phillips on 3/5/2018

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey just issued much-anticipated and long-awaited guidance regarding the amended Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA), which is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2018. As most know by...more

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Hiring & Firing › Title VII › Equal Pay Act

Illinois Employers Must Act to Comply With New Equitable Employment Laws

Lacey’s Place to Pay $92,964 to Settle EEOC Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

Vocal Coach’s Concerns of Disparate Treatment Insufficient to Undo her Dismissal

25th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - The Labor & Employment Year in Review: Is It Over Yet? West Coast Session

Second Verse, Same as the First: Ninth Circuit Reiterates That Salary History Does Not Justify Pay Differences Under the Equal Pay...

Barenbrug USA Reaches Agreement with EEOC

Alabama is the Latest State to Join the Pay Equity Law Bandwagon

Will Alabama Governor Sign Pay Equity Legislation?

Working Wise: Proactive Strategies for Pay Equity Issues

Top 50 Workplace Law Stories Of 2018

Equal Pay Audits: Current State of the Law

Having Your Cake And Eating It Too: Sixth Circuit Rules That Employees Need Not Return Severance Pay Before Suing

Tender Me This: Sixth Circuit Holds Employees Don’t Have to Give Severance Money Back before Filing Title VII or EPA Lawsuit

Be Careful What You Ask For: Asking a Job Applicant About Previous Pay May Violate the Equal Pay Act

Employment Flash - April 2018

New Guidance on the Equal Pay Act

Salary History Cannot Justify Unequal Pay Between Men and Women, According to Ninth Circuit

Ninth Circuit Holds Prior Salary Cannot Justify Wage Differences

Web Exclusive: March 2018: The Top 13 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Massachusetts Employers Receive Guidance On Equal Pay Law - The Long-Anticipated Document Raises As Many Questions As It Answers

Pay the Man! (Or Woman)—But Differently? 11th Circuit Reinstates Sex Discrimination Pay Claim

Employment Flash - June 2017

Legislation Limiting an Employer’s Ability to Inquire About and Consider Applicants’ Prior Salary History Gains Momentum

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

Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Dismissing Plaintiff’s Wage Discrimination Claims

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