Seyfarth Synopsis: In two companion cases involving Harvard and UNC, the Supreme Court held that colleges and universities may no longer consider race as part of the college admissions process. The schools argued that their...more
7/6/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Colleges ,
Diversity ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI ,
Universities
Seyfarth Synopsis: Colorado has amended its Equal Pay for Equal Work Act to modify an employer’s pay transparency obligations for job postings and internal promotional opportunities. The amended law will also extend the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Companies have been following with interest the Harvard and UNC cases that address affirmative action in the context of higher education. Both cases were argued before the Supreme Court on October 31, 2022...more
6/5/2023
/ Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Equal Protection ,
Harvard University ,
Hiring & Firing ,
OFCCP ,
Oral Argument ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 22, 2023, New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) held an educational roundtable with business advocates and employers to discuss the final rules implementing New York...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 18, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released Technical Assistance on the use of advanced technologies in the workplace titled Select Issues: Assessing Adverse Impact in...more
On April 17, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) released the EEO-1 data of 19,277 federal contractors to a reporter named Will Evans with the Center for Investigative Reporting (“CIR”). The...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: California’s Civil Rights Department has announced that it will allow employers to request an “enforcement deferral period” (i.e., an extension), which, if granted, gives employers until July 10th to submit...more
There is a global call for greater transparency around employee pay. For multinational organizations, tracking the ever-changing global pay equity reporting obligations can pose daunting challenges. To simplify the process,...more
For organizations that operate in multiple states, tracking the ever-changing requirements related to equal pay issues can pose daunting challenges and the growing “ripple effect” of such requirements is being felt across...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 19, 2023, California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) released FAQs regarding the recently amended California Pay Data Reporting Law covering the 2022 reporting period. We previously summarized SB...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued its FY 2023 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (“CSAL”) today. This list provides advance notice of 500 compliance reviews, which...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As we blogged about previously, California passed a landmark pay transparency law in September 2022. As promised, the Labor Commissioner’s office has issued FAQs addressing big employer questions regarding...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 21, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that will require employers to disclose salary ranges in advertisements for jobs, promotions, or transfer opportunities. The...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: New York City's Department of Consumer & Worker Protection ("DCWP") revised its proposed rules in light of comments and testimony it received in response to the initial proposed rules implementing Local Law...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: New York City’s Department of Consumer & Worker Protection (“DCWP”) recently published a December update on its website indicating that due to the volume of comments it received in response to the proposed...more
Seyfarth Synopsis. Continuing a multi-year battle over the release of employers’ EEO-1 Reports, the Center for Investigative Reporting (“CIR”) and reporter, Will Evans, have filed a complaint in the Northern District of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 4, 2022, New York City’s Department of Consumer & Worker Protection (“DCWP”) held a public hearing on its proposed rules implementing Local Law 144 of 2021 (“LL 144”). LL 144, which regulates...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 24, 2022, New York City’s Department of Consumer & Worker Protection (“DCWP”) postponed its hearing scheduled for the same day regarding DCWP’s proposed rules regulating Local Law 144 of 2021...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: SB 1162, approved by Governor Newsom on Tuesday, September 27, will require employers starting January 1, 2023, to disclose pay scales to current employees and on job postings, and to report even more pay...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 23, 2022, New York City’s Department of Consumer and Workplace Protection (“DCWP”) released the highly anticipated proposed rules implementing Local Law Int. No. 1894-A, which regulates the use...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: SB 1162, which may soon be signed into law, will require employers to report even more pay data to the California Civil Rights Department (CRD, formerly DFEH), including median and mean pay gap information....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: SB 1162, which may soon be signed into law, will require employers to report even more pay data to the California Civil Rights Department (f/k/a the Department of Fair Employment and Housing until July 1,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis. The Center for Investigative Reporting has issued a FOIA request to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) for all Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports filed by federal contractors from...more
Seyfarth Synopsis. On Thursday, August 18, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) replaced its Directive 2022-01, entitled “Pay Equity Audits” (effective March 15, 2022, the “March Directive”), with a...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Today, the Illinois Department of Labor issued the long-awaited proposed administrative rules that accompany the expansive amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003. The amendment was enacted in June...more