Posts by Nicholas Starkman
Swiss Require Equal Pay Audits with Third Party Verification
Switzerland recently took a major step forward in ensuring pay equity for Swiss workers. Effective July 1, 2020, amendments to the Swiss Gender Equality Act require businesses with 100 or more employees (including part-time) to 1) conduct an internal gender pay gap analysis (also known as a proactive pay equity audit) every four years through…
Read MoreHow Serious are OFCCP Equal Pay Penalties? Very.
The Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) just won a significant equal pay victory against WMS Solutions, LLC, a staffing company focusing on asbestos abatement. A News Release dated June 22, 2020, described the order, which requires WMS Solutions, LLC to pay $960,905 in back wages, damages, and interest based on discrimination and harassment…
Read MorePay Equity Audits are Key to Combating Racial Injustice in the Workplace
“What is the impact of not being valued? How do you measure the loss of what a human being does not receive?” This quote is from Patrisse Cullors, one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter (BLM). Ms. Cullors’ words, as well as an article in the Harvard Business Review, reinforce the point that organizations…
Read MoreThe “Employment Shock” of COVID-19 Is Worse for Women
COVID-19 has created severe and lasting consequences for businesses. One of the most overlooked ramifications of the pandemic may be its impact on working women. An analysis by the Wall Street Journal entitled Coronavirus Employment Shock Hits Women Harder Than Men reveals unsettling details about how women working in certain industries are more vulnerable to…
Read MorePay Equity Laws Abroad are Rapidly Evolving. U.S. Employers Should Take Note
Pay Equity is increasingly becoming a major operational imperative for businesses at home and abroad. Achieving Pay Equity means eliminating unlawful discrimination from the wage-setting process. The rising importance of Pay Equity for employers globally can be attributed to rapidly evolving laws regulating the payment of wages. In this article, Trusaic takes you on a…
Read MoreSan Francisco DA Cracks Down on DoorDash in New Complaint
In an explosive court filing on June 16, the District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco alleged that the app-based delivery company DoorDash made a “calculated decision” to systematically flout California labor law. Under California Supreme Court precedent in a case known as Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court as well…
Read MoreEEOC to Employers: Be Proactive on Addressing Instances of Age Discrimination
A number of federal, state, and local laws make it illegal to discriminate against a job candidate or employee on the basis of age. For example, theAge Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits discrimination based on age for persons 40 or older. Violations of laws prohibiting age discrimination carry steep legal penalties as well as…
Read MoreLessons Learned from Oracle’s Equal Pay Saga
Oracle’s equal pay saga illustrates how a proactive pay equity strategy is better than adopting a reactive approach—to the tune of millions of dollars, as well as bad publicity. Earlier this year, we discussed how Oracle was in the crosshairs of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), the federal agency housed within the…
Read MoreLGBT Rights Decision: What it Means and What to Do
It was a momentous and watershed moment in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States when the opinion was announced on June 15, 2020 that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBT employees from sex-based discrimination. Each of the three cases combined for adjudication in Bostock v. Clayton…
Read MoreHas 50 Years of Equal Pay Legislation Done Enough to Level the Playing Field? Not Even Close.
Bound by a red ribbon, it is tucked away in the United Kingdom’s Parliamentary Archives. The paper on which it is printed is yellowing slightly. The first page reads simply: “AN ACT TO Prevent discrimination, as regards terms and conditions of employment, between men and women.” Passed just over fifty years ago, and in effect…
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