Discrimination, Wage and Hour, Gender-Based Pay Discrimination

EEOC Sues Fastenal Company for Pay Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/6/2018

Supply Distributer Paid Female Employees Less Than Male Coworkers, Federal Agency Charges - HARRISBURG, Pa. -Fastenal Company, an international industrial and construction supply distributor, violated federal law when it...more

[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/22/2018

Best Best & Krieger Labor & Employment attorneys discussed new legislation and case law impacting California employers - private and public. What Was Discussed -Legislation passed in 2017 -Wage and hour update ...more

Employment news - April 2018

Hogan Lovells on 4/9/2018

In this weeks issue: - Consultation on parental bereavement leave - On the up – increase in Vento bands in discrimination claims - Better late than never? – EHRC enforcement of gender pay gap reporting... ...more

Tick, Tock….The EEOC Runs Out The Clock – Fiscal Year 2017 Marks A Last Minute Return To Frantic Filing

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/2/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: With uncertain times and profound changes anticipated for the EEOC, employers anxiously await what enforcement litigation the EEOC has in store. Although 2016 showed a marked decline in filings, fiscal year...more

EEOC Sues Pizza Studio Restaurant Owner for Violating Equal Pay Act

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/6/2017

Company Offered Female New Hire Less Than a Male and Fired Both After She Complained, Federal Agency Says - ST. LOUIS - A Delaware company that until recently operated a Pizza Studio restaurant in Kansas City, Kan., and...more

Puerto Rico Employers Prepare for New Guidelines Governing Equal Pay in the Workplace

Littler on 8/15/2017

On August 10, 2017, the Puerto Rico Secretary of Labor and Human Resources issued and made effective the Uniform Guidelines for the Self-Assessment of Equal Pay in the Workplace (“the Guidelines”). These Guidelines were...more

Administrative Law Judge Winnows OFCCP’s Data Request

Littler on 7/19/2017

On July 14, 2017, an administrative law judge issued a 43-page set of recommendations and order (“Order”) on the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (“OFCCP”) data requests issued to Google, significantly...more

EEOC Sues Heritage Bank For Paying Women Less Than Men

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/13/2017

Nebraska Bank Violated Equal Pay Act, Federal Agency Charges - ST. LOUIS -- A Nebraska bank violated federal law by paying women and men unequally for jobs with the same required skill, effort, responsibility, and working...more

Employment News - March 2017 #4

Hogan Lovells on 3/27/2017

Lack of communication – contractual dismissal notice only took effect when received - In Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood the Court of Appeal has decided that contractual notice of dismissal only took...more

New Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Disclosures Will Soon Take Effect for Large Employers in Great Britain

Littler on 3/13/2017

Effective April 6, 2017, new Gender Pay Reporting regulations to address the gender pay gap (the “Regulations”) come into force in Great Britain. The Regulations are intended to address the pay gap between men and women by...more

Puerto Rico Adopts Local Equal Pay Act

Littler on 3/10/2017

On March 8, 2017, Puerto Rico enacted Act 16, creating the Puerto Rico Equal Pay Act ("PR Equal Pay Act" or "the Act"). The law's stated intent is to eradicate the pay difference between female and male employees. To that...more

Five Wage and Hour Questions: What’s “In Store” For 2017?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/7/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: With the new administration and new year well underway, retail employers may be wondering what’s next for likely litigation and legislation impacting their business. Below are thoughts about five questions...more

2nd Circuit Reaffirms Limitations On Statistical Evidence In Pay Equity Cases

Fisher Phillips on 2/17/2017

As pay equity litigation heats up across the country, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a January 26 decision that should help employers in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont combat claims brought under the federal Pay...more

Compensation: Is it Becoming Employers’ Greatest Vulnerability?

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/16/2017

A few weeks ago, a jury in New Jersey federal court found that Lockheed Martin discriminated against a former employee. The employee claimed that Lockheed violated federal and state laws by discriminating against him on the...more

The Employment Law Authority - January/February 2017

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/23/2017

A Moving Target: The Not So Final Overtime Rule - On November 22, 2016, a federal judge for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from...more

OFCCP Sues Google, Seeking Pay Data

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 1/10/2017

On January 4, 2017, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) sued Google, claiming that the tech giant is illegally withholding information about the compensation it provides its employees. OFCCP seeks...more

Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report - January 2017

Littler on 1/9/2017

Littler's Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report details notable labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The January edition of the Insider Report reviews what...more

A Review of the EEOC's Systemic Initiative: Tracking its Progress, Current Priorities, and Key Developments in FY 2016

Littler on 12/16/2016

On November 16, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its annual Performance and Accountability Report, which highlights key EEOC developments over the past fiscal year, ending September 30,...more

Gig and Technology Sectors Targeted in EEOC Enforcement Plan

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 11/4/2016

The EEOC is targeting the “21st-century workplace” by focusing on gig economies and the technology sector in its new Strategic Enforcement Plan. The new Enforcement Plan also targets what the EEOC calls “complex employment...more

University Of Denver Sued By EEOC for Sex-Based Pay Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/5/2016

University Paid Female Full Law Professors Significantly Less Than Male Counterparts, Federal Agency Charges - DENVER, Colo. - The University of Denver violated federal law by paying female employees lower wages than...more

California Legislative Update: Heading Into The 2016 Session's Final Month

Littler on 7/27/2016

The California Legislature will return from its July recess on August 1, and will devote that month to final consideration of legislation for 2016. The session has entered a somewhat anticlimactic stage for employment...more

California Enacts a Raft of New Employment Legislation

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 10/21/2015

The latest legislative session has just ended, and, true to form, the California Legislature has added more than a dozen new laws affecting employers doing business in the nation’s largest state. These statutes are in...more

California Enacts Toughest Equal Pay Law in the Country

Perkins Coie on 10/12/2015

Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Fair Pay Act (Fair Pay Act or the Act) last week. The law, which has been described as the toughest equal pay law in the country, strengthens protections that have been in place...more

California Passes Law Aimed to Bridge the Gender Wage Inequality Gap

Littler on 10/6/2015

On October 6, 2015, California's Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 358, legislation intended to increase wage transparency and which will make it more difficult for an employer to defend against...more

Second Circuit Decision Resuscitates EEOC’s Gender Discrimination Suit Against Sterling Jewelers

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 9/11/2015

This week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit sharply limited employers’ ability to challenge the adequacy of the EEOC’s pre-suit investigations. The Court issued an opinion vacating a district court...more

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