On November 18, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law SB2310, which will require employers with 10 or more employees to disclose certain compensation and benefit information in job advertisements. The law will...more
On October 24, 2024, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a circular articulating its position that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) applies to entities that offer workplace tracking...more
Vermont Governor Philip Scott on June 4, 2024 signed into law H.704, a pay transparency requirement mandating employers with five or more employees to include wage ranges in job advertisements, effective July 1, 2025. The...more
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently signed into law a pay transparency requirement that will require employers with 30 or more employees in Minnesota to provide wage ranges on job postings beginning January 1, 2025....more
Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed a pay transparency requirement into law on April 25, 2024, requiring that all employers in Maryland include wage ranges and benefit information in all job postings....more
Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed legislation on January 12 requiring that all covered employers must disclose pay ranges in all job postings and advertisements and also disclose the existence of any additional...more
The US Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently issued a new final rule that will change how the agency investigates and enforces allegations of discrimination against federal...more
Hawaii Governor Josh Green recently signed into law a requirement that employers in Hawaii include in job listings information on the expected hourly rate or salary range for positions. The July 3, 2023 law is an amendment to...more
The US Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on June 29, 2023 regarding challenges to race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC). In a 6–3 decision split along...more
In a 2-1 split decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision that an arbitration agreement signed by an employee as part of his employment required that he arbitrate any fiduciary...more