In this special episode, Akin Gump investment management partner and Women Firmwide Resource Group co-head Barbara Niederkofler moderates a panel featuring labor and employment partner Esther Lander, public law and policy...more
3/30/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Paid Leave ,
Public Policy ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Wage and Hour ,
Women's Rights
Corporate Pay Equity -
When competing for top talent, equal pay matters. Boards of directors are increasingly demanding proactive measures to ensure equal pay, and many Fortune 500 companies are publishing the results of...more
2/26/2020
/ Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Wage and Hour
• A court has ordered the EEOC to begin collecting detailed pay data on a revised EEO-1 form, and covered employers should prepare to report such data to the EEOC for calendar years 2017 and 2018 by September 30, 2019.
•...more
5/8/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
In response to a court order reinstating an Obama-era pay data collection rule, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that covered employers will be required to report pay data and hours worked for...more
5/8/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
• The 9th Circuit has ruled that employers may not rely on prior salary, alone or in combination with other factors, to justify wage disparities under the Equal Pay Act.
• The 9th Circuit ruling does not address whether...more
• OMB has frozen the Obama-era employee pay data collection requirements that were set to take effect in March 2018.
• Employers should continue to use the prior version of the EEO-1 form and will have until March 31, 2018...more
9/6/2017
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Obama Administration ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Stays ,
Wage and Hour