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I-18- DC Update on Joint Employer and OT Issues, and Part 1 of an Expert Interview on Pay Equity Audits
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
Join CDF partners Leigh Ann White and Sander van der Heide for a comprehensive, complimentary webinar on California’s Fair Pay Act and related laws, including planning and conducting a pay equity audit to help protect your...more
Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee recently signed broad new pay equity legislation into law that will require you to change many common workplace practices, slated to take effect on January 1, 2023. While it might seem so...more
Beginning October 1, 2021, private employers and certain public employers in Nevada will no longer be able to request or rely upon an applicant’s wage history to determine the applicant’s potential rate of pay. The new law,...more
Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed pay equity legislation (H 5261A, S 0270A) that will go into effect on January 1, 2023. The new legislation amends Rhode Island’s existing pay equity law and contains the following key...more
On July 6, 2021, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed Pay Equity legislation (the “Act”) (H 5261A, S 0270A) into law. The Act is a broad piece of legislation that applies to all employers. While the Act does not go into...more
Colorado employers should be preparing for a big change that will impact your workplaces, as Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act becomes effective on January 1, 2021. With the effective date fast approaching, you must use...more
Pay equity continues to be a complex and evolving issue for employers. Although the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently ended its Component 2 pay data collection, employers still face substantial...more
A growing number of state and local governments across the country are enacting laws that limit employers’ ability to ask about or consider applicants’ salary history. These laws are part of a nationwide effort to reduce pay...more
Lawmakers introduced and passed several bills in 2019 as part of an aggressive agenda to overhaul New York employment laws. Harris Beach attorneys Lindsey Zullo, Dan Palermo, Ibby Tariq and Taylor Ventre discuss a host of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: This week, New York state expanded a state Equal Pay Act, making it illegal to pay someone less based on characteristics including race, religion, disability or gender identity, and also other protected...more
On July 10, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed two new bills that expand New York State’s equal pay Labor Law § 194. These new bills specifically (1) expand the scope of New York State’s equal pay law to all protected classes and...more
This past week was a busy one for New York State lawmakers. In addition to passing game-changing legislation overhauling the state’s discrimination laws, the New York State Senate and Assembly just passed two pay equity bills...more
Alabama recently joined 48 other states by passing a law banning wage discrimination. On June 11, Governor Kay Ivey signed HB 225, known as the Clarke Figures Equal Pay Act, into law. The Act’s effective date is August 1. In...more
Colorado tightened its protections for pay equity when the state’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (the “Act”) was signed into law on May 22. The Act, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2021, provides protections more demanding...more
On April 12th, Maine joins a growing list of jurisdictions, including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York City (as well as other cities within New York) Oregon, Puerto Rico, and Vermont, that...more
In this episode of the Working Wise Podcast Series, K&L Gates Orange County Partner Spencer Hamer discusses recent trends in pay equity law, as well as proactive strategies employers can implement to promote pay equity in the...more
Potential exposure for a violation of Oregon’s Equal Pay Act is considerable. Employees alleging unpaid wages or pay equity discrimination may be awarded two years of back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorney...more
Weeks before the bulk of Oregon’s new equal pay law will take effect, the state Bureau of Labor and Industries released implementing regulations to clarify the obligations that will soon be borne by the state’s employers....more
For organizations that operate in multiple state or local jurisdictions, tracking the ever-changing requirements related to pay equity can pose daunting challenges. To simplify the process, we are pleased to provide you with...more
Six months ago, the Oregon legislature passed the most sweeping statewide equal pay law in the nation. It was a confusing move for some. After all, Oregon has had an equal pay law on the books since the early 1980s, while the...more
This episode of Employment Law Now provides an update on current DC initiatives to change joint employer and overtime exemption standards, as well as Part 1 of a two-part interview with a leading expert on conducting an...more
Executive Order 21 – City Agencies Only New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is engaged in a flurry of pre-election actions. Most recently, he signed Executive Order 21, which prohibits New York City agencies from asking...more