On April 30, 2020, Judge V. Raymond Swope of San Mateo Superior Court granted plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in Jewett et al. v. Oracle America, Inc. In doing so, the court certified a class of more than 4,100...more
6/12/2020
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Disparate Impact ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Oracle ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Wage and Hour
Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the defendant U.S. Soccer Federation’s motion for summary judgment with respect to the plaintiffs’ Equal Pay Act (EPA) claims....more
On February 27, 2020, the Ninth Circuit issued a long-anticipated decision in Rizo v. Yovino. Consistent with the Ninth Circuit’s original opinion issued in 2018, which was vacated on procedural grounds by the United States...more
3/4/2020
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Disparate Impact ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
SCOTUS ,
Summary Judgment ,
Vacated ,
Wage and Hour ,
Yovino v Rizo
On March 27, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act. The bill would amend the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) to expand potential damage awards for equal pay claims, limit an employer’s...more
On February 25, 2019, the United States Supreme Court vacated and remanded the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Rizo v. Yovino, in which it held an employer cannot justify a wage differential between men and women by relying on...more
3/1/2019
/ Appeals ,
Deceased ,
En Banc Review ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Judge Reinhardt ,
Judicial Review ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Reversal ,
Salary/Wage History ,
SCOTUS ,
Yovino v Rizo
In Rizo v. Yovino, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently examined whether an employer can justify a wage differential between male and female employees by relying on prior salary. ...more