Employer Liability Issues, Anti-Retaliation Provisions, Pay Gap

EU’s Pay Equity Directive: 5 Key Points Employers Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on 3/13/2025

Employers with operations in the European Union should ensure they are familiar with a pay equity directive aiming to close the gender pay gap that will soon come fully online. The directive was signed into law in 2023, and...more

Illinois Hops on the Equal Pay Bandwagon: Amends Equal Pay Law, Enacts Salary History Ban

Littler on 8/5/2019

On July 31, 2019, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 834 into law, strengthening and amending the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 (“IEPA”). Key changes to the IEPA take effect on September 29, 2019 and include...more

Illinois - the Newest State to Toughen its Equal Pay Laws with a Robust Salary History Ban

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/2/2019

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

Got Rapinoe? What Women’s Soccer Can Teach Employers About Resisting the Urge to Retaliate

FordHarrison on 7/18/2019

On July 7, 2019, the U.S. women’s soccer team won its second consecutive World Cup championship and its fourth world championship overall. The team used the win as another opportunity to protest what it perceives to be pay...more

Equal Pay Day: The Persistent Wage Gap and Legislative Trends

Perkins Coie on 4/3/2019

More than 50 years after the Equal Pay Act of 1963 required equal pay for equal work, a wage gap persists between similarly situated men and women in the workforce. Each year, Equal Pay Day highlights that gap by marking the...more

Washington State Overhauls Equal Pay Laws After Seventy-Five Years

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/30/2018

On March 21, 2018, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law amendments to Washington State’s Equal Pay Act, which had not been updated since 1943. ...more