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French Companies Must Measure and Report Gender Representation Gaps in Top Management

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The French Labor Code requires companies with 1,000 or more employees to publish and provide the French authorities with (1) the equality index and (2) the gaps in representation between men and women among their senior...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Staying Ahead of the Curve: A Guide to California’s Pay Transparency Laws

Over the last several years, California and other jurisdictions have passed various laws aimed at increasing pay transparency in the workplace. These laws are primarily intended to reduce pay disparities among demographic...more

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Brazil’s Latest Guidance on Landmark Gender Pay Parity Law: What Employers Should Know + Your 5-Step Action Plan

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Brazil’s Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE) recently released important guidelines for complying with the country’s gender pay parity law. As Brazil ramps up its equal pay initiatives, employers should take note of these...more

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The Essentials—California Employment Law Update for 2025

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In the October edition of The Essentials, we summarize key provisions of California employment laws that took effect in 2024 and those that will take effect in 2025. Where our team previously published alerts on a particular...more

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Israeli Labor Law 2022: Legislative and Judicial Trends

A major characteristic of the past year was an array of interesting and innovative legislative initiatives and court rulings relating to employment in Israel. These initiatives and rulings addressed burning issues in the...more

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Labor Commissioner’s Office Publishes Guidance Re Transparency Act and Disclosure of Pay Scales

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As many employers already know, California imposes several restrictions concerning pay disclosures. Labor Code Section 432.3 prohibits employers from inquiring into and relying on an applicant’s salary history and further...more

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Looking Ahead to 2023: Pay Transparency Developments

As we previously reported, as of November 1, 2022, New York City’s salary transparency law requires covered employers who advertise or post a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity for a role that can or will be performed,...more

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Gender Equality Index – Follow-Up on Compliance Requirements

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The Gender Equality Index, created in France in September 2018 (Gender Equality Index), helps companies measure professional inequalities between women and men. By 1 March of each year, companies with at least 50 employees...more

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Second Verse, Same as the First: Ninth Circuit Reiterates That Salary History Does Not Justify Pay Differences Under the Equal Pay...

On February 27, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Rizo v. Yovino, (again) found that salary history is not a “factor other than sex” that can justify a pay disparity in defense of a claim...more

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Canada: Massive Overhaul of the Canada Labour Code Pending

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A massive overhaul of the Canada Labour Code (CLC) is pending, with significant amendments coming into force on September 1, 2019, just prior to the Canadian federal election in October....more

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California Legislative Update: It's Now Up To The Governor

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The California Legislature completed its substantive legislative work for the year in the very early morning hours of Thursday, September 1, 2016, with the usual frenetic, last-minute flurry of bill-passing, including some...more

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There Can Be Two “Prevailing Parties” in a Single Wage & Hour and Equal Pay Act Lawsuit

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On October 14, 2015, the California Second District Court of Appeal held in Sharif v. Mehusa, Inc. that both the employee and the employer can be deemed “prevailing party” for purposes of recovering attorneys’ fees under the...more

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California's Equal Pay Act Amended to Provide Additional Protections for Workers Against Gender-Based Wage Differentials

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On Oct. 6, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 358 (SB 358), amending California’s Equal Pay Act (CEPA) to make it easier for workers to discover and prove the existence of unlawful gender-based...more

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California Enacts Toughest Equal Pay Law in the Country

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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

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California Fair Pay Act: New Obligations for Employers or a Paper Tiger?

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Widely lauded as the strongest equal pay legislation in the nation, California’s Fair Pay Act (Senate Bill 358) is now law. Effective January 1, 2016, the new law modifies California’s existing wage discrimination measures by...more

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California Legislative Update

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The end of the first week of June is the deadline for California bills to pass out of their house of origin. The following are significant bills affecting private-sector employers in the Golden State that have advanced to...more

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