“Component 2” pay data reporting. What a long strange trip it’s been. The recently released report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on National Statistics (NAS) – Collecting...more
As you’ll recall from our extensive coverage of the EEO-1 pay data collection saga (which we previously reported on here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), private employers, including federal contractors,...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on March 4, 2019, vacated the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) stay of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) revised EEO-1 reporting requirements and...more
As a follow-up to our recent blog Count Down to Open Enrollment – Some Quick Thoughts, below is a little more detail on how seemingly simple wellness program design changes can have significant legal consequences....more
It has been a little less than a month since President Donald Trump took office, and employers are anxious to see what changes the new administration will make that will affect both businesses and employees. President Trump...more
On September 29, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced it finalized regulations that require employers to include employee pay data in annual EEO-1 reports. The pay data is required for 2017...more
California state legislature amended the Fair Pay Act to prohibit race and ethnicity-based wage differentials and to preclude employers from relying on salary history to justify the wage gaps. In addition, the U.S. Equal...more
Court Upholds Employer’s Dreadlock Ban Finds Grooming Policy Did Not Violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act - A federal appellate court recently held that an employer’s policy banning dreadlocks did not constitute...more
Affected employers should begin data analysis now to be prepared for disclosure of pay information to the EEOC or the OFCCP in 2018. As part of its effort to detect and remedy pay discrimination, the Equal Employment...more
The U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission has finalized the revised EEO-1 Form, which will require employers and federal contractors with 100 or more employees to include pay data, categorized by gender, race and ethnicity, in...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced last week that, starting in March 2018, it will collect summary pay data from private employers (including federal contractors and subcontractors) with 100...more
Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced that it had finalized its rule for new EEO-1 pay equity reporting requirements. The final rule has not yet been published in the Federal...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has finalized its anticipated rule regarding the addition of pay data to its annual Employer Information Report (EEO-1). Beginning on March 31, 2018, private employers with...more
On September 29, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that starting in March 2018, it will collect summary employee pay data from certain employers on revised EEO-1 Reports. The announcement...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 29, 2016, the OMB approved the EEOC’s revisions to the EEO-1 report. Beginning in 2018, employers with 100+ employees will be required to annually report pay and hours data to the EEOC for its...more
Take Two: EEOC Amends Pay Data Collection Proposal - Why it matters - Tweaking its initial plan, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released an updated proposal about the collection of pay data from...more
On July 14, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced changes to its proposed employer pay data collection proposal. The proposal would require employers to submit on an annual basis summary pay information for...more
In our February 29, 2016 blog, we warned of concerns employers should have about the EEOC’s proposal to begin collecting pay data as part of the EEO-1 form, currently filed by employers with more than 100 employees and some...more
As we reported previously, enforcement of equal pay laws and remedying of pay disparities continue to be top priorities for the U.S.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and U.S. Office of Federal Contract Compliance...more
On July 13, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced its revised proposal to collect pay data through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1). The EEO-1 report is the joint information collection...more
On July 13, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced revisions to its proposed pay data collection rule, which would require employers with 100 or more employees to annually report employee pay data...more
On Wednesday July 13, 2016, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a revised proposal expanding pay data collection from federal contractors and other employers with more than 100 employees...more
On July 14, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 81, No. 135, at 45479, amending its proposed EEO-1 compensation and hours-worked annual filing...more
Employers nationwide reacted strongly to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) January 2016 proposed rule that would require federal contractors and other employers with 100 or more employees to report summary...more
EEOC Publishes Largely Unchanged Revised EEO-1 Reporting Proposal July 15, 2016 EEOC’s revised EEO-1 reporting guidelines continue to require employers with 100 or more employees to submit W2 earnings and hours worked data....more