As employers begin their annual EEO-1 reporting process for race, ethnicity, gender, and job category information, whether or not pay data will be part of that reporting remains up in the air....more
3/21/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour
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
3/6/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OMB ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
W-2
Fulfilling a signature campaign pledge this week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a multiyear increase in the state's minimum wage, from the current $8.85 per hour to $15 per hour in 2024. ...more
Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry (PA DOL) released proposed regulations that would alter when an employee can be classified as exempt from overtime wages under Pennsylvania law in two important ways...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has issued its much anticipated precedential opinion upholding denial of a preliminary injunction against a Pennsylvania school district's policy allowing transgender high...more
6/22/2018
/ Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Gloucester County School Board v G.G. ,
LGBTQ ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
School Restrooms ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Transgender
Governor Phil Murphy—officially in office just two days—has already begun to implement many of the "progressive" policy changes he promised on the campaign trail and transform New Jersey into the "California of the East."...more
1/19/2018
/ Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Executive Orders ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
LGBTQ ,
Local Governance ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Minority-Owned Businesses ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Pay Gap ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
State Elections ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Women-Owned Businesses
On the eve of former Chairman Philip Miscimarra's departure from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Board Thursday created a new test for determining the lawfulness of workplace policies, overturning the test...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) yesterday overruled Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., an Obama-era decision that expanded the doctrine of joint employment under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more
12/18/2017
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Collective Bargaining ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
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NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed H.R. 3441—the Save Local Business Act—which, if enacted, would redefine the term "joint employer" under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Fair Labor Standards...more
11/14/2017
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour