The US Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion on February 25 vacating and remanding the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s en banc opinion in Rizo v. Yovino, in which the Ninth Circuit held that prior pay cannot...more
The recent ruling by a federal appeals court holds that prior pay does not justify pay differential between male and female employees under the Equal Pay Act. Along with state and local laws that regulate reliance upon...more
The court did not address the new California Fair Pay Act, which provides that prior pay is not a defense to pay claims, and its decision is not entirely consistent with other circuit courts of appeals on whether prior pay...more