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Illinois Employers: Prepare for New Pay Transparency Requirements

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP on 12/18/2024

On January 1, 2025, amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act will add Illinois to the list of states requiring employers to align with pay transparency and promotion posting requirements. Most employers in Illinois will be...more

Maryland Amends Pay Transparency Law to Require Wage Range Disclosure in Job Postings

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/17/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: Maryland Governor Wes Moore has signed into law a bill that will expand Maryland employers’ pay transparency obligations. Effective October 1, 2024, employers must disclose in public or internal job...more

District of Columbia Joins Trend Toward Greater Pay Transparency

FordHarrison on 1/19/2024

Executive Summary: On January 12, 2024, the District of Columbia amended the Pay Transparency Act of 2014, joining a growing list of states, counties, and localities to implement more a more expansive pay transparency law....more

Pay Transparency Arrives at the Nation’s Capital

Littler on 1/17/2024

The District of Columbia will soon join an ever-growing list of jurisdictions that require employers to disclose compensation on job postings. In addition to pay scale disclosure, the District of Columbia Wage Transparency...more

Illinois Expands Rights and Remedies for Temporary Workers

Perkins Coie on 8/15/2023

Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law HB 2862 (Amendment) on August 4, 2023, which amends the Illinois Day and Labor Services Act (Act) by adding new equal pay obligations and safety and training requirements for employers...more

Colorado Peculiarities

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/31/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth’s excellent publication “Cal-Peculiarities: How California Employment Law Is Different,” which is updated annually, highlights the many unique aspects of the Golden State’s employment law. ...more

Hawaii Enacts Pay Transparency Law and Broadens Equal Pay Law

Littler on 7/21/2023

On July 3, 2023, Hawaii joined eight other states, as well as eight cities/counties, by enacting SB 1057, which requires that certain job listings disclose the hourly rate or salary range that “reasonably reflects the actual...more

Amendments to Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act Impact Both Staffing Agencies and Their Clients Who Engage Contingent...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/30/2023

On May 19, 2023, both Houses of the Illinois General Assembly passed HB2862, which amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, 820 ILCS 175/. On June 16, 2023, the bill was sent to the Governor, with an effective date...more

Colorado Amends Equal Pay Transparency Posting Requirements, Extends Statute of Limitations for Wage Discrimination Claims to Six...

Littler on 6/8/2023

On June 5, 2023, Governor Polis Signed SB 23-105 into law, which will significantly change employers’ job posting and promotional notice obligations in Colorado. The law amends Colorado’s pay transparency statute, which has...more

Pay Transparency Bill Headed to Illinois Governor

Littler on 5/26/2023

Illinois employers already required to make pay disclosures for the Equal Pay Registration Certificate (ERPC) process would face even more stringent pay transparency duties under legislation currently headed to Governor...more

Pay Transparency Goes Primetime: Sweeping New Federal Legislation Proposed in Congress

Littler on 4/14/2023

New proposed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would require all employers nationwide – regardless of size or number of employees – to include the wage range in all job postings, provide wage ranges to...more

Closing the Gap: British Columbia Proposes New Pay Transparency Legislation

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 3/10/2023

On March 7, 2023, the British Columbia government introduced Bill 13, the Pay Transparency Act (the “Act”), designed to help close the province’s gender pay gap by imposing new disclosure and reporting obligations on certain...more

Massachusetts May Be Next in Line to Enact Pay Transparency Laws

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 2/21/2023

In 2021, Colorado became the first state to enact a law requiring employers to list a salary range and benefits on job postings. This expansive law applied to any employer with one or more workers based in Colorado, and it...more

The Latest and Greatest New Pay Transparency Laws

FordHarrison on 1/18/2023

These days, more and more lawmakers are looking to regulate the amount of salary information employers are required to provide job applicants. On January 1, 2023, California, Rhode Island, and Washington State all had new...more

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

Lewitt Hackman on 1/4/2023

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

Washington Becomes Third Jurisdiction to Require Wage Disclosures in Job Postings

Littler on 5/2/2022

In an effort to close what is viewed as a persistent pay gap, Washington has amended its Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA) for the second time to require employers to include wage and benefit information in their job...more

Ban on Salary History Inquiries to Expand to Federal Contractors

Polsinelli on 3/18/2022

The emerging trend of laws banning inquiries into salary history and promoting pay transparency will soon expand to federal contractors. On March 15, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive Order titled “Executive Order on...more

Equal Pay: The Emerging Legal Landscape

Quarles & Brady LLP on 8/12/2021

Over the course of the past year, several states—including Colorado, Connecticut, and Rhode Island—have proposed and passed novel pay equity legislation. The impact of these laws is notable, including because they subject...more

Colorado employers – are you providing required notices to your employees of all job postings and promotional opportunities?

Hogan Lovells on 4/15/2021

If your company has even one employee in Colorado, as of January 1, 2021, Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEW) requires employers to notify employees within Colorado of all job postings and promotional...more

Illinois Amends Antidiscrimination, Pay Equity, and Business Disclosure Laws

Morgan Lewis on 3/31/2021

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1480 into law on March 23, effective immediately. The new law limits employers’ use of conviction records in making employment decisions, requires broad workplace demographic...more

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