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Maryland Employers Get Ready: New Compensation Transparency Laws Will Soon Take Effect

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Earlier this year, Governor Wes Moore signed into law two statutes — the Wage Range Transparency Law and the Pay Stub Information Law — that significantly increase the compensation details that Maryland employers must...more

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Wage Ranges for All? Federal Pay Transparency Legislation Introduced

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H.R. 1599, or the “Salary Transparency Act,” was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. This proposed legislation, if enacted, would have wide-reaching ramifications for employers across the country. In...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Employment Law ALERT – New Job Posting Requirements Begin January 1, 2023

Beginning on January 1,2023, all employers, with 15 or more employees (including employees in other states), engaging in any business, industry, profession, or activity in Washington (including recruiting for...more

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Local and State Employment Law Update: Sex Harassment and Discrimination, Salary Disclosure and Equal Pay

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ARIZONA- Pursuant to H.B. 2146, employers must notify the Arizona Department of Homeland Security about any security breach involving personal information, if more than 1,000 state residents (including employees and...more

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Connecticut Publishes Guidance Regarding Disclosure Of Salary Range For Vacant Positions

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The Connecticut Department of Labor has published guidance regarding the state’s “An Act Concerning the Disclosure of Salary Range for a Vacant Position,” which goes into effect on October 1, 2021. In reviewing this...more

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Connecticut To Require Disclosure Of Employee Wage Ranges, Expand Pay Equity Law

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Governor Ned Lamont signed into law June 7, 2021, the Act Concerning the Disclosure of Salary Range for a Vacant Position (Act). The Act, which goes into effect October 1, requires Connecticut employers to provide certain...more

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When Hiring For Jobs Located In Philadelphia, Salary History Will Soon Be Off Limits Unless Voluntarily and Willingly Disclosed

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The United States Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit has issued its decision upholding the Philadelphia Wage Equity Ordinance, one of the so-called “salary history ban” laws....more

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Seyfarth Global Immigration Update: January 2020

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Seyfarth maintains 11 offices across the United States, as well as international offices in London, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sydney, and Hong Kong. Our Global Mobility Team is staffed with a group of professionals that includes...more

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Ontario, Canada: Human Rights Tribunal Awards $120,000 Award for Discrimination in Hiring Process

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The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the “HRTO”) recently rendered its decision on remedy in the Haseeb v. Imperial Oil Limited case, following up on its liability decision in which it found the employer’s practice of...more

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New York City Mayor Signs Law Barring Inquiries into Applicants’ Pay History

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New legislation effective October 31, 2017 prohibits employers from asking New York City job applicants about their past compensation and benefits....more

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New York City Passes Bill Barring Inquiries into Applicants' Pay History

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New legislation prohibits employers from asking New York City job applicants about their past compensation and benefits. On April 5, the New York City Council passed legislation prohibiting employers from inquiring about...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Philadelphia Becomes First City to Prohibit Employers from Inquiring About Prospective Employees' Past Earnings

On January 23, 2017, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed into law a wage equity ordinance that makes it unlawful for an employer in the city of Philadelphia to ask about the wage history of a prospective employee at any...more

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Philadelphia to Prohibit Asking Job Applicants About Their Prior Wage History

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The City of Philadelphia amended its Fair Practices Ordinance (Ordinance) on January 23, 2017, to prohibit employers from inquiring about an applicant’s wage history during the hiring process. The law is the first of its kind...more

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Philadelphia Employers May Not Ask Wage History Questions Under New Ordinance

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On January 23, 2017, Mayor Kenney signed into law an amendment to the Philadelphia Fair Practices Ordinance making it unlawful for an employer or employment agency to inquire about a prospective employee’s wage history or to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Why Not Ask About Prior Pay? It’s Against the Law in Some Places and Dangerous Everywhere

Setting a new employee’s pay based on what he or she made at a prior job is a fairly common practice—but now an illegal one in Philadelphia, PA. You heard right, Philadelphia has banned questions about salary history. This...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Coming Soon to Philadelphia: No More Questioning Applicants’ Wage History

The Philadelphia City Council recently passed Bill No. 160840, a wage equity ordinance (the “Ordinance”), that will amend Philadelphia’s Fair Practices Ordinance to prohibit employers or employment agencies from inquiring...more

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The Employment Law Authority - November/December 2016

Court Upholds Employer’s Dreadlock Ban Finds Grooming Policy Did Not Violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act - A federal appellate court recently held that an employer’s policy banning dreadlocks did not constitute...more

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DOL Files Discrimination Suit Against Baltimore-Based Federal Contractor

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has filed a lawsuit before the Office of Administrative Law Judges against WMS Solutions LLC (“WMS”) alleging violations of...more

Cozen O'Connor

President Obama Wields His Executive Power Once Again to Target Federal Contractors on Pay Issues

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On April 8, 2014, President Obama took two significant actions in the employee pay arena. He signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against their applicants and employees for inquiring...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law -- Jul 03, 2013

Excerpt from Supreme Court Sides With Employers in Title VII Suits - Capping off a term of big decisions with employer-friendly results, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on two major employment issues in a pair of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law -- Jun 05, 2013

From the Hill: FMLA Amendment and Anti-Arbitration Legislation - Lawmakers on the Hill are considering two employment-related bills that would make changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act and invalidate pre-dispute...more

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