DE Under 3: FAR Council's Latest Proposed Rule & OFCCP's 10 New FAQs on Compensation History
Labor & Employment Law: Vermont and Federal Legislative Update
Employment Law This Week®: Gig Worker Classification, NLRB Rulemaking Agenda, Non-Compete Agreement Backlash
Trends in Pay Equity - Developments in California, New York, Massachusetts and Nationwide
Seyfarth Synopsis: Beginning on January 1, 2025, Illinois will join the list of states that are requiring greater transparency in both the job opportunities available in the state as well as the pay for those jobs. The...more
On August 20, 2024, Western District of Washington Judge John H. Chun asked the Washington Supreme Court to answer the question of what a party must prove to be considered a “job applicant” for the purposes of a pay...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: One issue that has consistently divided the federal courts is whether an equal pay plaintiff can establish a prima faciecase of wage discrimination by pointing to a single comparator of the opposite sex who...more
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Substitute House Bill 1905 on March 28, 2024, broadening the scope of Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA)....more
It has been nearly a decade since some states began enacting changes to their equal pay statutes that appeared to some to differentiate those statues from the federal Equal Pay Act (“EPA”) in significant ways. Although those...more
The Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (“EPA”) requires men and women to receive equal pay for equal work. In order to assert a claim under the EPA, an employee must show that she was paid less than a male comparator...more
If your company qualifies for the EPRC requirement, but has not yet applied for an EPRC, you should act now to meet compliance requirements. In the summer of 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law several...more
In recent years, a number of states and municipalities have adopted measures that restrict employers’ ability to base a new hire’s starting salary on what they made in their prior job. In the past, it was common for...more
For organizations that operate in multiple states, tracking the ever-changing requirements related to equal pay issues can pose daunting challenges and the growing “ripple effect” of such requirements is being felt across...more
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Today is National Equal Pay Day. They say that the average woman has to work from January 1, 2023, through March 12, 2024, to make as much money as a man who worked only in calendar year 2023. While there are many...more
Compensation was king this week in the latest OFCCP Week in Review! In this episode, our experts discuss the FAR Council's latest Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding "Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting,"...more
The Equal Pay Act (EPA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act generally prohibit covered employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex with regard to compensation. The EPA requires men and women to...more
A federal appeals court recently made clear that judges must evaluate equal pay claims separately under federal law and New York’s separate equal pay law because the scope of the NY law is broader and could capture more legal...more
In Eisenhauer v. Culinary Institute of America, No. 21-2919-CV (2d Cir. Oct. 17, 2023), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit clarified that the federal Equal Pay Act (EPA) does not require employers to show that a...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have announced they will be collaborating and sharing information to improve their enforcement efforts....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 17, 2023, the Second Circuit issued the eagerly-awaited decision in Eisenhauer v. Culinary Institute of America. The court clarified that the federal EPA never required employers to show that a...more
Illinois recently amended its Equal Pay Act to require employers with 15 or more workers to include pay and benefits information for each covered job posting. There is, however, a delayed start date: This amendment will take...more
Since Gov. J. B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1480 (the Act) on March 23, 2021, the standards for employers have been raised for both hiring and employment practices. The Act incorporated significant changes to the Illinois...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by launching a social media campaign called “Level The Paying Field.” The #LevelThePayingField...more
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is kicking off a social media video campaign called “Level The Paying Field” to commemorate the anniversary of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 on June 10. ...more
Illinois is primed to join states like California, Colorado, and New York in their recent efforts to address pay inequality by increasing transparency around compensation and benefits. In May 2023, both houses of the Illinois...more
Metallurgical Company Relegated Female Workers Into Lower-Paying Departments And Paid Them Less Than Male Employees, Federal Agency Charges - BOSTON – LeachGarner, Inc., a metallurgical manufacturer and supplier, violated...more
The Illinois Equal Pay Act has been around for a decade, but it’s seen many changes in the past few years. The act was amended in 2021 to impose new equal pay compliance requirements and create new obligations for private...more