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. 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: 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: 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
Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed into law an amendment to New York City’s pay transparency law. Importantly, the amendment will push the law’s effective date to November 1, 2022 and add...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth Shaw Pay Equity Group is pleased to release our updated 50 State Pay Equity Desktop Reference and Developments in Equal Pay Litigation Reports, and our second annual Global Pay Equity Desktop...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 25, 2022, IDOL sent out additional communications regarding the upcoming Illinois Equal Pay Registration Certificate obligations. Some 625 employers received notice they were selected to be in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: New York City has become the latest jurisdiction to impose greater pay transparency requirements. Effective on May 15, 2022, all advertisements for jobs, promotions or transfer opportunities must include...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Nevada has enacted legislation that will require employers to provide applicants and some current employees with wage ranges for positions. The new law also makes it unlawful for employers to seek or rely...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday, Governor Pritzker signed SB 1480 into law. The law will require the submission of data regarding wages by employee race and gender, verification of compliance with certain non-discrimination...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Equal Pay Day 2021, Seyfarth’s Global Pay Equity Group is pleased to release three reference guides: the 2021 U.S. 50-State Pay Equity Desktop Reference, the 2021 Developments in Pay Litigation Report,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 1, 2021, California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing released key information regarding the recently enacted Pay Data Reporting Law. Materials include a template of the pay report,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing released 16 new FAQs regarding the recently enacted Pay Data Reporting Law, previously summarized here. The new FAQs address several key issues,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: California will now require employers to annually file an equal pay report. Governor Newsom signed into law California’s equivalent of the now-rescinded “Component 2” of the EEO-1 report that would collect...more
10/2/2020
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Newsom ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Synopsis: On Equal Pay Day 2020, Seyfarth’s Pay Equity Group is pleased to release two reference guides: its Fourth Annual 50-State Pay Equity Desktop Reference and 2020 Developments in Pay Litigation Report....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Equal Pay Day 2020, Seyfarth’s Pay Equity Group is pleased to release two reference guides: its Fourth Annual 50-State Pay Equity Desktop Reference and 2020 Developments in Pay Litigation Report.
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3/31/2020
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 10, 2020, Judge Chutkan granted the Office of Management and Budget’s (“OMB”) motion to close the EEO-1 Component 2 data collection tool. ...more
2/13/2020
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week the EEOC submitted a status report in the litigation concerning the EEO-1 Component 2 submissions for 2017 and 2018. While employers scramble to meet the aggressive September 30th deadline...more
10/1/2019
/ Data Collection ,
Deregulation ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Labor Regulations ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
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
8/2/2019
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Pay Transparency ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 2, 2019, the Federal Register included an unpublished version of the EEOC’s announcement that it will collect 2017 and 2018 Component 2 data from employers as part of the Revised EEO-1 collection...more