Pay Equity Laws, Pay Discrimination, Employees

Pay Equity Studies in Focus: Navigating Privilege and Public Disclosure Risks

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/16/2025

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court in Kansas—Spears v. Thermo Fisher Scientific—ruled that a pay equity analysis conducted primarily for business purposes was not protected by attorney-client privilege or the work...more

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/22/2024

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

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/12/2023

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

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

CDF Labor Law LLP on 4/20/2023

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

New FAQs Published for California’s Pay Transparency Law

CDF Labor Law LLP on 1/11/2023

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

New Pay Transparency Requirements for State of Washington Job Posts

DCI Consulting on 12/23/2022

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