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New Jersey’s Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect June 1: Who’s Covered, What’s Required, and 6 Steps for Employers to Comply

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New Jersey’s far-reaching pay transparency law is about to take effect – is your business ready to comply? Starting June 1, covered employers, including certain businesses outside of the state, must disclose compensation and...more

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Tracking the Latest Pay Transparency Trends: 5 Compliance Tips for Employers

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The federal government made headlines last week by rolling back a slew of workplace obligations, but employers should be prepared for heightened requirements at the state and local level. Indeed, blue states are expected to...more

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How Can PEOs Prepare for Evolving Pay Transparency and Equity Trends? 3 Key Questions to Consider

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Pay transparency is one of the hottest trends impacting the workforce today. It affects all aspects of workplace relationships – including hiring, recruitment, and retention efforts; supervision and leadership; and...more

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Year-End Reviews Pair Well with a Pay Equity Audit: A 4-Step Plan for Employers

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Many employers are now turning to the year-end performance review process and making decisions about bonuses, raises, and incentives for employees — which makes this an ideal time to audit your pay practices and fix any...more

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Key Developments In Equal Pay Litigation: Appellate Courts Refuse To Clarify Proper Use Of A “One-Comparator Rule”

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Seyfarth Synopsis: One issue that has consistently divided the federal courts is whether an equal pay plaintiff can establish a prima faciecase of wage discrimination by pointing to a single comparator of the opposite sex who...more

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Colorado Adopts Equal Pay Transparency Rules to Clarify Recent Amendments to State’s Equal Pay Law

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Colorado has adopted final Equal Pay Transparency Rules which, along with the underlying equal pay law amendments, will become effective January 1, 2024....more

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Federal Appeals Court Makes Clear that New York’s Equal Pay Law is Stricter than Federal Law: What Employers Need to Know

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A federal appeals court recently made clear that judges must evaluate equal pay claims separately under federal law and New York’s separate equal pay law because the scope of the NY law is broader and could capture more legal...more

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Illinois Mandates Pay and Benefits Information for Job Postings

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Illinois recently amended its Equal Pay Act to require employers with 15 or more workers to include pay and benefits information for each covered job posting. There is, however, a delayed start date: This amendment will take...more

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Civil Rights Department Permits Deferrals For Reporting Labor Contractor Employee Pay Data

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As previously reported here, California law requires private employers of 100 or more employees and/or 100 or more workers hired through labor contractors to annually report pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the...more

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[Webinar] California Fair Pay Act And Related Requirements – What California Employers Should Know - April 26th, 10:00 am - 11:00...

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Join CDF partners Leigh Ann White and Sander van der Heide for a comprehensive, complimentary webinar on California’s Fair Pay Act and related laws, including planning and conducting a pay equity audit to help protect your...more

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[Webinar] California’s New Pay Transparency/Equal Pay Law in Thirty Minutes - February 22nd, 9:30 am - 10:00 am PT

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In September of 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1162 into law. That law creates and expands upon a number of obligations for California employers, including: - Requiring all California employers with 15 or more...more

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New FAQs Published for California’s Pay Transparency Law

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Just prior to the New Year, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office released updated Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”), which clarified the California Equal Pay Act’s pay scale disclosure requirements that were effective...more

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New Pay Transparency Requirements for State of Washington Job Posts

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On November 30, 2022, the State of Washington issued its Administrative Policy for the state’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act. The law, which is meant to prevent discrimination and promote pay equity for workers, takes...more

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Rhode Island’s New Pay Equity Law: What Employers Need To Know

A big change is coming for employers in the Ocean State.  On January 1, 2023, Rhode Island’s new pay equity legislation (the “Act”) goes into effect.  Last year, Rhode Island joined a legion of states to enact sweeping pay...more

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RIDLT Proposes Regulations and Issues Compliance Guidance for the New Pay Equity Law

The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training’s (“RIDLT”) much anticipated Proposed Regulations (“Regulations”) to the Rhode Island Pay Equity Law (the “Act”) have arrived. As we previously discussed, on July 6, 2021,...more

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Illinois DOL Provides Guidance on Equal Pay Registration Certificate Application Process

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The new requirements for employers to comply with the Illinois Equal Pay Act (the “Act”) Amendments took effect last month. As previously discussed, between March 24, 2022 and March 23, 2024, employers with 100 or more...more

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Illinois Employers Need to Gear Up for New Equal Pay Requirements

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Last year, the Illinois legislature amended the state’s Equal Pay Act of 2003 to impose new requirements on employers. This year, employers will need to start complying with the EPA’s new equal pay certification requirements...more

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Pay Equity Comes to the Ocean State: What Rhode Island Employers Need to Know About New Pay Equity Law

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Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee recently signed broad new pay equity legislation into law that will require you to change many common workplace practices, slated to take effect on January 1, 2023. While it might seem so...more

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Nevada Joins Other States in Creating Pay Equity Law

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Beginning October 1, 2021, private employers and certain public employers in Nevada will no longer be able to request or rely upon an applicant’s wage history to determine the applicant’s potential rate of pay. The new law,...more

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Rhode Island Amends Pay Equity Law, Bans Salary History Inquiries, and Requires Pay Scale Disclosures

Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed pay equity legislation (H 5261A, S 0270A) that will go into effect on January 1, 2023. The new legislation amends Rhode Island’s existing pay equity law and contains the following key...more

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Rhode Island's New Pay Equity Law Changes How Employers Must Compensate Their Workforce

On July 6, 2021, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed Pay Equity legislation (the “Act”) (H 5261A, S 0270A) into law. The Act is a broad piece of legislation that applies to all employers. While the Act does not go into...more

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Growing State and Local Equal Pay Protections

Pay equity will be a focus of the Biden Administration, as was made clear in the White House Proclamation on Equal Pay Day last week. But states are not waiting on the federal government to act; several are moving forward...more

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Colorado Employers Need To Add Equal Pay Act Compliance To End-Of-Year To-Do List

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Colorado employers should be preparing for a big change that will impact your workplaces, as Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act becomes effective on January 1, 2021. With the effective date fast approaching, you must use...more

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California Becomes First State to Require Employers to Report Employee Pay Data By Race and Gender

On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newson signed SB 973, making California the first state to require employers to submit employee pay data by race and gender. As we previously reported, SB 973 is modeled after...more

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EEO-1 Resurrected: California May Be First State to Revive the EEOC’s Pay Data Reporting Form

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and a nationwide push towards greater equality, transparency and accountability, the California legislature this week passed a bill (SB 973) that would establish at the state...more

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