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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1964 and aimed at preventing discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, and religion. Title VII has been subsequently extended to discrimination on the basis of pregnancy and sexual stereotypes and to prohibit sexual harassment. Title VII applies to all employers with fifteen or more employees including private employers, state and local governments, and educational institutions. less -

Expert vs. Robot, Part I: Different Approaches to Pay Equity

DCI Consulting on 7/24/2024

Series Introduction - Earlier this year DCI experts and co-authors of this post, Lisa Harpe and Don Lustenberger, hosted a pay-equity webinar on the topic of “expert vs. robot.” They contrasted the more conventional...more

BE AWARE...Federal Enforcement of Discriminatory Pay Disparities on the Rise

Lathrop GPM on 7/19/2024

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently extracted a multi-million dollar settlement from the Social Security Administration (SSA) for claims of pay disparities based on race....more

Key Developments In Equal Pay Litigation: Impact Of The Supreme Court’s Bostock Decision

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/2/2024

In its seminal decision, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the Supreme Court held that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is tantamount to discrimination on the basis of sex. Employers are...more

“Show Me the Money”: Pay equity and transparency in the workplace

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 3/12/2024

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

Weekly Checklist: Do Your Job Descriptions Need an Update for 2024?

Fisher Phillips on 12/21/2023

FP Weekly often provides readers with a practical and cutting-edge checklist of issues to consider, action steps to take, and goals to accomplish to ensure you remain on the top of your game when it comes to workplace...more

Equal Pay: Considerations for Clubs with Men's and Women's Professional Teams

Flaster Greenberg PC on 10/25/2023

Equal Pay is a consideration that affects all industries. Employers must ensure that their enterprise is organized and operating in accordance with the Equal Pay Act (EPA). This blog focuses on the professional sport arena -...more

Higher Enforcement Activity Expected After DOL-EEOC Partnership Agreement

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/25/2023

The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have announced they will be collaborating and sharing information to improve their enforcement efforts....more

Back to Basics: A Primer on EEO-1 Reporting

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/20/2023

October 31, 2023 opens the reporting period for private sector employers and federal contractors who are required to report workplace demographic data on an annual basis to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

Alert: The 2022 EEO-1 Collection Period Will Begin October 31

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 9/28/2023

EEO-1 reporting season will soon be upon us. As we previously wrote, the 2022 EEO-1 reporting deadline has been a moving target. Almost since its founding in the 1960’s, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has...more

Behind the EEOC Curtain: EEOC’s New Strategic Enforcement Plan Reveals Agency Priorities

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/22/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: An essential read for any employer, the EEOC’s final Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP), was released on September 21, 2023. The SEP identifies the agency’s enforcement priorities for the next five years,...more

College Athletes as Employees: Landmark Case Could Reshape Collegiate Athletics

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 9/13/2023

In a pivotal legal battle, the Third Circuit is currently deliberating whether college athletes should be considered employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act for the purpose of receiving wages. This landmark case could...more

2022 EEO-1 Reporting – Hang Tight For Now

Polsinelli on 8/2/2023

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, private sector employers with 100 or more employees and certain federal contractors with 50 or more employees are required to provide demographic information of their...more

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

EEOC Sues LeachGarner for Sex Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/10/2023

Metallurgical Company Relegated Female Workers Into Lower-Paying Departments And Paid Them Less Than Male Employees, Federal Agency Charges - BOSTON – LeachGarner, Inc., a metallurgical manufacturer and supplier, violated...more

Pay Transparency and Equity Issues

BCLP on 3/20/2023

History of Pay Inequality - Pay discrimination is not new in the United States. In 1963, Congress enacted the Equal Pay Act to address a centuries-old problem of sex-based discrimination in the payment of wages by...more

Equal Pay Day: Addressing Potential Gender-Based Pay Disparities in the Workplace

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/15/2023

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has expressed a renewed intention to enforce federal laws prohibiting discrimination in pay amid a reported persistent “pay gap” between women and men in the United...more

Weekly Checklist: Do Your Job Descriptions Need an Update for 2023?

Fisher Phillips on 1/16/2023

Each week, FP Weekly members receive a practical and cutting-edge checklist of issues to consider, action steps to take, and goals to accomplish to ensure you remain on the top of your game when it comes to workplace...more

Jerry’s Chevrolet and Jerry’s Motor Cars will Pay $62,500 to Settle EEOC Equal Pay and Retaliation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/5/2022

Auto Dealerships Paid Female Dispatcher Less than Male Counterpart and Fired Her When She Requested Equal Pay, Federal Agency Charges - BALTIMORE – Jerry’s Chevrolet Inc., and Jerry’s Motor Cars Inc., leading Baltimore...more

What is Human Resources Compliance, and Why is it Important?

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 10/20/2022

How to align your people, processes, and technology with ever-changing regulations and mandates. Amid shifting workplace policies, an ever-challenging hiring climate, and evolving regulations, Human Resources (HR)...more

EEOC Sues Thomas B. Finan Center for Equal Pay Act Violations

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/29/2022

Male Therapeutic Recreator Was Paid More Than Four Senior Females, Federal Agency Charges - BALTIMORE – The Maryland Department of Health’s Thomas B. Finan Center in Cumberland, a state residential psychiatric care center,...more

EEOC Sues University of Texas at Permian Basin Under The Equal Pay Act

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/29/2022

Female Accounting Professor Paid Less than Male Professors for the Same Work, Federal Agency Charges - MIDLAND, Texas – The University of Texas at Permian Basin violated the Equal Pay Act by paying lesser wages to a female...more

Recent OFCCP Listening Sessions: What did the Agency Hear?

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 7/12/2022

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently held three “listening sessions” with representatives of the federal contractor community for feedback on “pay equity audits, multi-establishment reviews, and...more

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

Fisher Phillips on 5/23/2022

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

OFCCP Week In Review: March 2022 #4

DirectEmployers Association on 3/28/2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Diversity Matters Newsletter Winter 2022 Edition

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &... on 3/21/2022

On February 25, 2022, a historic announcement for the next Supreme Court Justice was made by President Joseph Biden. On that historic day, Ketanji Brown Jackson, who currently serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals...more

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