A California district court dealt a blow to the U.S. Women’s National Team’s (WNT) equal pay case on May 1, granting partial summary judgment to the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in the headline-grabbing case filed...more
5/22/2020
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Soccer ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
On March 6, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia published Secretary’s Order 01-2020, which is among the first of his management decisions since his confirmation back in September....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
12/4/2019
/ Data Collection ,
Deregulation ,
EEO-1 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Payroll Records ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
W-2 ,
Wage and Hour
The EEOC’s revised pay-data collection rule is back in force and the September 30, 2019 deadline is at our doorstep. Here is a quick overview of what employers should know and links to available resources....more
9/11/2019
/ Data Collection ,
Deadlines ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Required Forms ,
Wage and Hour
For nearly five years, major U.S. corporations have been subject to intense scrutiny over their decisions on whether to release internal pay gap percentages in response to shareholder proposals by Arjuna Capital, LLC and...more
7/29/2019
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Executive Compensation ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
No-Action Letters ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Wage and Hour
The California Pay Equity Task Force recently published guidance and approved resources for employer compliance with the state’s equal-pay laws. ...more
9/24/2018
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Fair Pay Act ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
New Guidance ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Sex Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On March 21, 2018, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law amendments to Washington State’s Equal Pay Act, which had not been updated since 1943. ...more
3/30/2018
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Pay Transparency ,
Sex Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour