Great news! The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations will be enforcing the Wage Equity Ordinance on September 1, 2020. As you may recall from our previous blogs, the Ordinance was passed on January 23, 2017, but enforcement was put on hold due to litigation (click here for more information). The law makes it illegal for Read more
The Maryland Department of Labor has updated the required Maryland Equal Pay for Equal Work workplace posting to reflect recent changes in the law. All Maryland employers regardless of size or industry are required to post the updated workplace posting. What does the Equal Pay for Equal Work law cover? The Maryland Equal Pay Read more
Although opinions differ as to the cause, the wage gap between male and female workers persists even today – on average, women earn roughly 80% of what men earn over the course of a lifetime. Some equality advocates have argued that the common employer practice of using a new hire’s previous salary to determine their Read more
New Jersey is the latest state to pass an equal pay equity bill. On March 24, 2018, Governor Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill 104 also known as the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act. A similar bill had been introduced by the New Jersey Legislature back in 2016. The equal pay and discriminatory pay practices Read more
Washington State wrapped up the 2018 legislative term with several new laws affecting individuals’ rights in the workplace. Highlights include equal pay protections, protecting workers who are victims of domestic violence, strong sexual harassment laws, ban-the-box legislation, and a law authorizing increases in the penalties for violations of state occupational safety and health laws. We’ll Read more
New Jersey’s newly elected Governor Phil Murphy has signed Executive Order #1 prohibiting state agencies from asking job applicants about salary history. The goal of the new Order is to combat gender inequality and promote equal pay for women in New Jersey. According to the studies cited in the Order, women in New Jersey who Read more
On August 29, 2017, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum calling for a review and immediate stay on the effectiveness of new EEO-1 data submission requirements. These requirements, finalized in September of 2016, called for revisions to the EEO-1 compliance survey which collects information on race, ethnicity, and gender distribution within Read more
Combating the Wage Gap from Different Angles To address the gender wage gap and other pay inequities in the workplace, more states and even some cities have taken affirmative measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials on the basis of sex. In some cases, these measures apply to other protected groups as well. Some of the Read more
On June 14, 2017, Delaware Governor John Carney signed House Bill 1 prohibiting employers from requesting the salary history of job applicants. The purpose of this legislation is to help close the pay gap between men and women by stopping employers from using a salary history as a legitimate basis to pay a man more Read more
On April 5, 2017, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Bill Int. 1253-2016, approving a salary history ban in job interviews. The new law, which is aimed at tackling pay inequity, prohibits all employers from inquiring about or relying on a prospective employee’s salary history during all stages of the employment process. Advocates Read more
