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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings.  less -
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The Evolution of Equal Pay: Lessons From 9 to 5 — Hiring to Firing Podcast

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In this episode of Hiring to Firing, hosts Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter explore the classic movie 9 to 5 and its critique of workplace inequities. Joined by wage and hour reporter Daniela Porat from Law360, they share...more

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EU’s Pay Equity Directive: 5 Key Points Employers Need to Know

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Employers with operations in the European Union should ensure they are familiar with a pay equity directive aiming to close the gender pay gap that will soon come fully online. The directive was signed into law in 2023, and...more

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Snap Reaches $15M Settlement Over Alleged Equal Pay Violations: Why the Deal Might Be a Sign of What’s to Come for All Employers

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Snapchat’s parent company has agreed to pay $15 million and take extensive measures to ensure fair employment practices as part of settlement to resolve claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against women at...more

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Hawaii Enacts Pay Transparency Law and Broadens Equal Pay Law

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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

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Closing the Gap: British Columbia Proposes New Pay Transparency Legislation

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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

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The Latest and Greatest New Pay Transparency Laws

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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

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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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Ban on Salary History Inquiries to Expand to Federal Contractors

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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

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Equal Pay: The Emerging Legal Landscape

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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

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Top 12 Things Employers Need to Know About the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act

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Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act became effective at the beginning of 2021, but employers across the state continue to have questions about the scope of the new law. While the Colorado Department of Labor and...more

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What Employers Need to Know About Colorado’s New Equal Pay Act

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Employers operating, even on a limited basis, in Colorado should be aware of Colorado’s recent wage disparity and discrimination bill, which takes effect in 2021 and imposes widespread requirements related to record-keeping,...more

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Maryland Employers, Beware: Salary History Ban Now Extended To Job Applicants

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Maryland employers will soon be prohibited from requesting or relying on an employment applicant’s wage history to make decisions about employment or initial pay rates, requiring many employers to take immediate changes to...more

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Legislative Update: Illinois is the Latest State to Join Nationwide Trend of Salary History Ban Laws

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Orrick’s Equal Pay Pulse has been tracking the nationwide wave of salary history bans in recent years. A growing number of states and territories now have laws restricting the use of salary history information, including...more

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Keeping Compliant with Expanding State and Local Equal Pay Laws

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Since 2016, hundreds of bills and dozens of new laws aimed at closing the pay gap have been introduced and enacted at both the state and local levels.  These laws include jurisdiction-specific pay equity laws, salary history...more

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Illinois - the Newest State to Toughen its Equal Pay Laws with a Robust Salary History Ban

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 31, 2019, the Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed HB0834 into law, amending the state’s Equal Pay Act. The amendments toughen the state’s pay equity protections and includes a salary history...more

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Equal Pay Audits: Current State of the Law

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On September 20, 2018, Skadden hosted the webinar “Equal Pay Audit: Current State of the Law.” The panelists were Karen Corman, Skadden labor and employment partner; Robin Quittell, managing director, chief human resources...more

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New Washington Laws on Equal Pay and Sexual Harassment NDAs Become Effective in June

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Washington’s Amended Equal Pay Act - The Washington Equal Pay Opportunity Act will go into effect on June 7, 2018. House Bill 1506, signed by Governor Jay Inslee on March 21, 2018, amends the Washington Equal Pay Act, RCW...more

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Massachusetts Governor Signs Stringent Pay Equity Requirements, Effective in 2018

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 1, 2016, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a bill that will amend the Commonwealth’s pay equity law effective in 2018. The changes will make the law one of the most stringent in the...more

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