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From Pay-to-Play to Paid-to-Play: How U.S. Laws Affect the Dynamics of Player Compensation: Flaster Greenberg

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The issue of player compensation has permeated the women’s soccer global landscape since the beginning. As of late, the issue of equal pay has been top of mind since the USWNT achieved the settlement in 2022. The focus of...more

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Fair Work Act Changes - Important Changes Approaching

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In our recent alert, we set out some of the key upcoming changes in Australian employment law. Since then, there has been further progression as the Labor Government implements its workplace agenda. We have set out a...more

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Should pay secrecy clauses stay or go?

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There’s been a lot of debate in mainstream and social media in the past week about major Australian corporates removing pay secrecy clauses from their employment contracts. The Financial Services Union is keeping sustained...more

Baker Donelson

The Complicated World of Pay Equity and Secrecy

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Although the Equal Pay Act (EPA) was enacted 56 years ago, pay (in)equity is still one of the leading human resource and employment-related legal concerns today. While there has been progress in narrowing the pay gap, women...more

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I-15 – Turning the Table: An Interview with the Podcast Host on Protected Employee Activity

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This episode replays an interview of the podcast host, Mike Schmidt, that was originally aired on SiriusXM Channel 111, The Business Channel. Mike discusses the nature of adverse actions taken by employers due to employee...more

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Top labor and employment developments in 2017 for ADG companies

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U.S. presidential administrations historically have sought to use the federal procurement system, and specifically the regulations that apply to contractors and subcontractors, as a means to implement policies that would...more

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New Interim Rule Prohibits Federal Contractors From Retaliating Against Employees Who Discuss Compensation With Colleagues

On September 30, 2016, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration issued an interim rule titled “Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information.”...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Think You Can Verify Salaries? Think Again: Massachusetts Passes Comprehensive Pay Equity Law, Bans Pay History Inquiries

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On August 1, 2016, Massachusetts joined a growing state and federal trend by passing a comprehensive “pay equity” law. Indeed, the focus on equitable pay has been a major priority for the Obama Administration since 2009, when...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Mass. Pay Equity Law Brings Wave of Hiring Restrictions

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Signaling a new era in employee pay equity, "The Act to Establish Pay Equity" will require Massachusetts employers to make sweeping changes in their pay and hiring practices. Among the most significant changes, the Act bars...more

Dechert LLP

Achieve Pay Equity Act and Other Developments Impose Additional Requirements on New York Employers

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New York employers should be aware of various new laws that have been enacted with the stated purpose of protecting and furthering women's equality in the State of New York. These new laws impose a number of significant...more

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The OFCCP's Pay Secrecy Final Rule for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors is Now Effective

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On January 11, 2016, the final rule issued by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) amending regulations to implement President Obama's Executive Order 13665, the so-called "Pay Secrecy" or "Pay...more

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OFCCP Regulations Prohibiting Pay Secrecy Policies & Required Posting Effective Now

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Executive Order 13665 & Pay Transparency Regulations Effective Now - Following the NLRB’s lead on employee rights regarding discussion of confidential wage issues, Executive Order 13665 and the Office of Contract...more

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2015 OFCCP DEVELOPMENTS: What Federal Contractors Need to Know Before Updating AAPs for 2016

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2015 marks the first year that many contractors have begun fully implementing the amended VEVRAA and Rehab Act regulations. OFCCP continues with its regulatory reform agenda issuing additional regulations in various stages...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California’s Equal Pay Law To Become More Stringent Effective January 1, 2016

Earlier this month, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Fair Pay Act, a bill making various changes to strengthen the California Equal Pay Act, which addresses gender wage inequality. The bill, S.B....more

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That is SO last week - October 2015 #2

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Last week, Fortune introduced us to a new HR tech product called Perception. According to Fortune, Perception creator Kanjoya claims that the program can interpret the “intent and emotions” behind written text and filter out...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Will California’s Fair Pay Act Finally Deliver Equal Pay To Women?

On October 6, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Fair Pay Act (Senate Bill 358, the “Fair Pay Act”). The Fair Pay Act which will become effective on January 1, 2016, expands existing laws by prohibiting...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

How to Prepare for the New California Fair Pay Act

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Changes in the Act will increase the difficulty employers face in justifying pay differentials. On October 6, 2015, Governor Brown signed into law the California Fair Pay Act. The California Fair Pay Act amends Labor...more

Morgan Lewis

"California Fair Pay Act" Becomes Law

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The new law expands the equal pay requirement for men and women to "substantially similar work" regardless of location, modifies employers’ business justification defense, and increases employers’ recordkeeping obligations to...more

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OFCCP Publishes Final Rule to Promote Pay Transparency

On September 10, 2015, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its final rule on pay transparency. The purpose of the rule is to prohibit “pay secrecy policies” to make it “possible for workers...more

Cozen O'Connor

California Fair Pay Act: New Obligations for Employers or a Paper Tiger?

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Widely lauded as the strongest equal pay legislation in the nation, California’s Fair Pay Act (Senate Bill 358) is now law. Effective January 1, 2016, the new law modifies California’s existing wage discrimination measures by...more

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The Changing Compensation Landscape for Government Contractors: New Executive Order Mandates Paid Sick Leave for Employees of...

Two recent developments have added to the list of the Obama Administration’s compensation-related initiatives. On Labor Day, September 7, 2015, President Obama issued an Executive Order that will require federal contractors...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

OFCCP Issues Final Rule Prohibiting Pay Secrecy Policies and Actions By Federal Contractors

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued its Final Rule last week implementing Executive Order 13665 (entitled Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information). Executive Order 13665...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - September 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

Ballard Spahr LLP

OFCCP Publishes Final Rule on Pay Transparency for Federal Contractors, Subcontractors

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Federal contractors and subcontractors are prohibited from discriminating against employees or job applicants for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing their compensation or the compensation of others now that the final...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

Two New Developments Affecting Federal Contractors

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On September 7, 2015, President Obama issued an Executive Order establishing paid sick leave for federal contractors. The Executive Order currently applies only to contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2017....more

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