DE Under 3: FAR Council's Latest Proposed Rule & OFCCP's 10 New FAQs on Compensation History
Labor & Employment Law: Vermont and Federal Legislative Update
Employment Law This Week®: Gig Worker Classification, NLRB Rulemaking Agenda, Non-Compete Agreement Backlash
Trends in Pay Equity - Developments in California, New York, Massachusetts and Nationwide
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (the EPA) and related state laws require employers to pay men and women equally for equal work. ...more
People around the globe will celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8 – which also happens to fall during Women’s History Month in the United States and a few other countries. As we take the time to honor women in...more
The Equal Pay Act (EPA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act generally prohibit covered employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex with regard to compensation. The EPA requires men and women to...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 17, 2023, the Second Circuit issued the eagerly-awaited decision in Eisenhauer v. Culinary Institute of America. The court clarified that the federal EPA never required employers to show that a...more
A new series. NOTE FROM ROBIN: For months, I've been thinking about doing a series of posts with very basic explanations of the federal laws that govern the workplace. I think the series would be helpful to people who are...more
Almost thirty years ago, Maryland’s General Assembly passed the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (Act), imposing an obligation on Maryland employers to pay employees equal amounts for the same work, regardless of the employee’s...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. ...more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed two bills into law yesterday, amending Labor Law §194, to address the much-discussed "wage gap." New York previously barred pay differences based on gender, but the law signed...more
The trend of increased legislation, regulation, and corporate initiatives focused on identifying and correcting pay disparities in the workplace has continued to grow. In this episode, Liz Washko discusses recent developments...more
Among the bills awaiting signature by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is an amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 that would ban employers from asking job applicants for information about their wage, salary or...more
In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partner Evandro Gigante and associate Arielle Kobetz discuss the labor and employment landscape in 2019, including some significant laws set to go into effect this year, as well as...more
California Governor Brown signed into law yesterday Assembly Bill No. 2282 to clarify previously passed legislation that prohibits inquiries into an applicant’s salary history....more
Washington’s Amended Equal Pay Act - The Washington Equal Pay Opportunity Act will go into effect on June 7, 2018. House Bill 1506, signed by Governor Jay Inslee on March 21, 2018, amends the Washington Equal Pay Act, RCW...more
On July 1, 2018, the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA) will take effect. MEPA updates and replaces the Massachusetts Pay Equity Act, M.G.L. c. 149, § 105A, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in the payment...more
As we previously discussed in this blog, last year Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to prevent employers from asking about salary history information. That legislation, Assembly Bill 168 (Eggman), went into effect on...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first three months...more
The Eleventh Circuit’s holding in Bowen v. Manheim Remarketing, Inc., 882 F.3d 1358 (11th Cir. 2018) reiterates an employer’s heavy burden to establish an affirmative defense in order to win summary judgment in cases alleging...more
On October 12, 2017, Governor Brown signed into law AB 168, which makes it illegal for employers to ask for or rely upon a candidate’s salary history—both compensation and benefits—in determining whether to offer employment,...more
October 15th marked the deadline for Governor Jerry Brown to sign the numerous employment-related bills proposed during the California State Legislature’s 2017 legislative session. While many bills did not make the final cut,...more
On October 12, 2017, California joined a growing trend of jurisdictions attempting to address pay disparities by enacting a law that bans employers from seeking salary history information, including compensation and benefit...more
A new California law (AB 168) was signed by Governor Jerry Brown on October 12, 2017 that prohibits employers from inquiring about the salary histories of its job applicants. AB 168, which takes effect on January 1, 2018, and...more
Heritage Bank Violated Federal Law by Paying a Woman Less Than a Man, Federal Agency Alleged - ST. LOUIS - A Nebraska bank will pay $30,598 to a woman whom it unlawfully paid less than a man, pursuant to a federal court...more
Nebraska Bank Violated Equal Pay Act, Federal Agency Charges - ST. LOUIS -- A Nebraska bank violated federal law by paying women and men unequally for jobs with the same required skill, effort, responsibility, and working...more
On June 1, 2017, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law H.B. 2005, also known as the Oregon Equal Pay Act of 2017. This law includes restrictions on salary history inquiries, expands existing remedies available to...more
We had such a spirited panel discussion on pay equity at our Third Annual Employment Law Summit recently that we wanted to follow up with a post addressing the current state of play on pay equity legislation, particularly...more