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EU Pay Transparency Directive in Poland: What Does Pay Equality Mean for Employers and Employees?

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The EU directive on pay transparency raises many concerns, primarily because its implementation may complicate Polish laws, which so far have not regulated the issue of pay equality in the same way that gender pay has long...more

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A Review of 2024 Labor & Employment Legislation in California

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The 2024 California legislative session saw the passage of a number of new and important labor and employment laws...more

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Pay Transparency Requirements in Spain

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Reducing the wage gap continues to be one of the European Union’s strategic objectives. To this end, on May 10, 2023, Directive 2023/970 was issued to reinforce the principle of equal pay between men and women who perform the...more

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Illinois Employers: Prepare for New Pay Transparency Requirements

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

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UK Employment Law Wrapped 2024

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Was 2024 a great year for the UK economy? No. Do UK businesses at least now have greater clarity regarding the details of the upcoming changes in employment law? Also no....more

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Imminent Employment Law Changes for Illinois Employers

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On January 1, 2025, employers in Illinois must be poised to comply with the looming changes to a host of existing and newly enacted employment laws. The changes reflect the state’s ongoing expansion of workers’ rights and...more

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New Year, New Illinois Employment Laws

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New legislation in Illinois introduces several changes, effective January 1, 2025, that will affect businesses with Illinois employees....more

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New Wage Equity Legislation Requires Pay Transparency and Reporting Requirements in Massachusetts

On July 31, 2024, Governor Maura Healy signed into law, An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (H.4890) which requires certain employers to disclose salaries and submit wage data reports to the Commonwealth. The goal of...more

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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Equal Pay: What the Hit Netflix Show Tells UK Employers

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The concept of “work of equal value” is, at its simplest, a comparison between jobs that might seem very different but when distilled down, are actually of equal value to the employer. “Value” is a concept that has been...more

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New Normative Act Published By Ministry Of Labor And Employment On Equal Pay Law

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The Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE) recently published the Normative Instruction No. 6 (IN), to address points that were still controversial in relation to Federal Law No. 12,611/2023. This law provides for equal pay,...more

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Massachusetts Adopts Wage Equity and Pay Transparency Legislation: What Employers Need to Know

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On July 31, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law the “Frances Perkins Workplace Equity Act” (H.4890 or the “Act”). The legislature drafted this new act to enhance wage equity and transparency across the...more

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Temporary Workers Bill of Rights Scores a Victory in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

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On July 24, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a decision from the District of New Jersey Court, refusing to block New Jersey’s 2023 law, which awards temporary workers equal pay and...more

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Update: Governor Healey Signs Massachusetts Pay Transparency Bill into Law - July 31, 2024

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After an extended legislative process, pay transparency requirements are coming for Massachusetts employers. On July 24, 2024, the Massachusetts House and Senate passed a bill requiring employers with over 25 or more...more

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District of Columbia and Maryland Address Pay Disparity Through New Transparency Laws

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Executive Summary: Washington, D.C. and Maryland recently enacted pay transparency and wage history laws. In passing these laws, the two jurisdictions join a growing number of states including California, Colorado, Illinois,...more

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

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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

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Key Developments In Equal Pay Litigation: Impact Of The Supreme Court’s Bostock Decision

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In its seminal decision, Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the Supreme Court held that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is tantamount to discrimination on the basis of sex. Employers are...more

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Pay Transparency: Is Change Afoot in the UK?

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With the deadline for gender pay gap reporting in the UK having just passed in early April, we explore some of the broader pay gap reporting, pay equity and pay transparency developments, and predict how these wider external...more

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Brazil’s new pay equality law: the practicalities

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The gender pay gap has recently been addressed in Brazil by legislation and two subsequent administrative directives. We take a look at how those initiatives might work in practice....more

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Pay Transparency and a Ban on Consideration of Employee Compensation History for Federal Contractors on the 15th Anniversary of...

This January marked the 15th anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, providing a good moment for the federal government to propose new rules aimed at increasing gender pay equity in federal contracting and...more

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EEOC Releases Data Dashboard for 2017 & 2018 Pay Data Collection

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is making available a data dashboard featuring the historic, first-time collection of 2017 and 2018 pay data reported by about 70,000 private...more

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California Pay Data Reporting and Pay Transparency for Federal Contractors

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Executive Summary: This Alert discusses actions at the state and federal level to require transparency in pay, in an effort to address pay equity issues. Employers should be aware of new and existing requirements and ensure...more

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District of Columbia Joins Trend Toward Greater Pay Transparency

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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

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Pay Transparency Arrives at the Nation’s Capital

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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

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5 Key Takeaways | The Presumption of Irreparable Harm After the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020

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Counsel Brodie Erwin and Associate Sarah Spangenburg presented “Employment Law Update: What You Need to Know Now and Next” during Kilpatrick’s Raleigh In-House Counsel Summit. The presentation provided insight into recent...more

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District of Columbia Council Puts Pay Transparency on Path to Application to Employers

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Seeking to join the growing list of jurisdictions with pay transparency obligations for employers, on December 19, 2023, the District of Columbia Council passed the Wage Transparency Omnibus Amendment Act of 2023. The bill...more

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