Posts Tagged ‘Equal Pay Act of 1963’
A Guide to Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act
Several states and cities are passing laws to further bolster the federal Equal Pay Act. Trusaic is featuring some of these laws to provide insight into trends in pay equity compliance requirements as more of these laws are considered by states, counties, and municipalities. In this post, we look at Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal…
Read MoreLawmakers Introduce Bill to Expand Gender Board Law to Underrepresented Groups
On September 30, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that sought to reshape corporate boards in California by mandating gender diversity. SB 826 required publicly held corporations located in California to report at least one female on the board of directors in corporate disclosure statements by the close of 2019 or face…
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 MoreNew Jersey State Agency Encourages Pay Equity Audits
Last month, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights released its guidance on enforcement of the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (the “Allen Act”). The Allen Act represents a high watermark for state equal pay legislation. It contains numerous provisions designed to promote pay equity, including expanded remedies for victims of pay discrimination, limiting…
Read MoreHow Some States and Localities Are Expanding the Definition of “Protected Class”
The definition of “protected class”—groups of people that share a common, legally protected characteristic—is in a state of expansion. New state laws and municipal ordinances provide insight into how we may see “protected classes” continue to develop. The question of who falls into a protected class (sometimes referred to as “protected group”) is determined by…
Read MoreOrchestra’s Equal Pay Settlement Short-Circuits Litigation Under MEPA
An equal pay lawsuit filed by a classical musician against the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) was settled. The settlement leaves unanswered how a court will respond to “comparable work” arguments under the new Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA). The lawsuit, filed by the orchestra’s principal flutist Elizabeth Rowe , was under close scrutiny as the…
Read MoreWage Gap Not Diminishing in Quest for Equal Pay
Women are not gaining ground in the effort to achieve equal pay, and they may be falling behind in the U.S. However, the trends point to the effort to provide equal pay for women to be successful. It’s only a matter of time. Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that despite efforts put…
Read MoreAccustomed to Ears, All Eyes on Boston Symphony Orchestra in Equal Pay Lawsuit [UPDATED]
An equal pay lawsuit filed by a classical musician against the Boston Symphony Orchestra may provide an inkling into the legal strategy that may be used by employees under Massachusetts’ trailblazing equal pay law, “An Act to Establish Pay Equity.” The new law, known as the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act, or MEPA, took effect on…
Read MoreCan We Expect Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act in 2018?
Equal Pay Day 2017 fell on April 4 last year and marked the return to the House of Representatives of the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA). It is the most recent iteration of a bill that has percolated in Congress for over two decades, but has never become law. Designed to ameliorate critical shortcomings its drafters…
Read MoreCould Iceland’s New Equal Pay Law Make It in The U.S.?
Equal pay amongst genders has been a topic of conversation in the United States and around the world for decades. Now Iceland has done something about it. The country has passed a law that more effectively enforces gender pay discrimination law. At the start of the new year, the Land of Fire and Ice became…
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