Posts Tagged ‘Litigation’
Democrats Push for Passage of Paycheck Fairness Act [UPDATE]
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have reintroduced and passed the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA). Will 2019 be the year we see the bill become law? It just may be. Hoping to capitalize on their majority in the House of Representatives, Democrats have introduced the PFA for the eleventh time and passed the legislation…
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 MoreRiot Games Reacts to Gender Discrimination Litigation
Software company Riot Games is facing a class-action lawsuit for sexual harassment and gender discrimination. The company has responded with an amended list of core values and a transparent roadmap for improving the culture in the workplace. The class action lawsuit was filed by one current and one former employee of Riot Games in early…
Read MoreWill Push for Equal Pay in Advertising Translate to Other Industries?
The gender wage gap is still a prominent issue for women in the workforce as we have seen from the various lawsuits surfacing over the last year. In this climate of #MeToo, some groups are pressuring industries and businesses into being more proactive in supporting equal pay in the U.S. One organization, The 3% Movement,…
Read MoreAFGE Appeals Court Ruling in Efforts to Achieve Equal Pay for Female Doctors
In Little Rock, Ark., American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2054 has been working for the past four years to earn equal pay for the female physicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. And looks like the fight is just heating up. It all started when AFGE,…
Read MoreEEOC Enforcements Efforts Focus on Sexual Harassment [Update]
Fiscal year 2018 saw the most enforcement litigation activity by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) than any year in the agency’s history since it was formed as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Those organizations that thought the level of EEOC enforcement activity would be slowing down under a Trump Administration may…
Read MoreEqual Pay Action Rings Loudly in France
Europe is on the front line of the Equal Pay movement these days. Iceland this year became the first country to mandate that companies with 25 or more full-time employees must submit proof that both men and women are paid equally. This spring, organizations of 250 or more employees in the United Kingdom began providing…
Read MoreUber Settlement Highlights How Pay Equity Issues Can Linger
Uber is one of several tech titans to find itself on the wrong side of pay equity disputes with employees. Uber earlier this year agreed to a $10 million settlement to address a pay discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit dating back to October 2017 involving two former and one current Latina engineer Uber employees. The…
Read MoreMinimum Wage Increase for More California Cities
Beginning July 1, 2018, the minimum wage will change for many people working in California. As part of California’s statewide initiative to increase the minimum wage, Emeryville, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Milpitas, Pasadena, San Francisco, Santa Monica, and San Leandro will see increases in their minimum wages. In locations such as Emeryville, the wage…
Read MoreMajor Supreme Court Decision to Have Significant Effects on the Gig Economy
The California Supreme Court has issued a decision that will have far reaching implications on how workers may be classified in the gig economy. In Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, the California Supreme Court clarified that a new test should be applied to how to classify workers in California —as either independent contractors…
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