Posts Tagged ‘Pay Data Reporting’
The Importance of Data Retention as It Relates to Pay Data Reporting
A rise in the number of pay disclosure laws around the country is exposing employers to increasing incidences of bias suits, according to Bloomberg Law. As employee salaries become more visible, employees who feel they’re not being paid fairly are more likely to file pay discrimination lawsuits, which leads to increasing pay data reporting requirements…
Read MoreThe EU Pay Transparency and Pay Data Reporting Directive and What You Need to Know
The United States isn’t the only country where gender pay practices have long come under fire for being unfair—with women historically demonstrated as the loser in equal pay battles. The European Union (EU) has grappled with its own inequities. As in the US, while laws related to equal pay have been in place for decades—in…
Read MoreApplying for the Illinois Equal Pay Registration Certificate
In March 2021, the state of Illinois amended its SB 1480 Equal Pay Law to clarify new equal pay requirements for Illinois employers. The amendments apply to several existing laws, including the Illinois Equal Pay Act, the Illinois Business Corporation Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. A defining feature of Illinois SB 1480 is…
Read MoreCalifornia SB 1162: Frequently Asked Questions
Every so often, a “tsunami” law comes crashing in. SB 1162, the new California pay transparency law, is sweeping in with substantial changes to the employment landscape. So significant, that employers who have just one employee need to comply with at least part of the new requirements. Poised to pinpoint patterns of wage discrimination, California…
Read MoreCalifornia Doubles Down on Pay Equity with Passage of AB 316
Equal pay for equal work, or ‘pay equity,’ has been the law since 1963. Yet, despite the now 60-year-old law, and others like the State Civil Services Act, gender and race/ethnicity pay discrimination still remains. In 2022, women still earn 82 cents for every $1 men earn, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The…
Read MorePay Data Reporting Key To Ending Pay Discrimination
For the 2017 and 2018 reporting years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) expanded EEO-1 reporting for employers by introducing the collection of employee pay data. Known as EEO-1 Component 2, the EEOC’s short-lived pay data reporting requirements demonstrated significant value in identifying and resolving pay discrimination in the workplace. This was recently confirmed in…
Read MoreCalifornia SB 1162 One Signature Away From Becoming Law
Earlier this week California SB 1162 passed the state Senate and Assembly floor, clearing all California state legislative hurdles. The bill now advances to Governor Gavin Newsom who has until September 30, to sign it into law. Following the success in the final rounds of California’s state legislature, Senator Monique Limón, who first introduced SB…
Read MoreWatch Out California Employers: SB 1162 On Track To Become Law
California’s latest pay equity legislation, SB 1162 passed the State Assembly Appropriations Committee late last week. It’s good news for the Golden State as it continues to lead the way in equal pay initiatives. If passed, SB 1162 would become one of the most aggressive pay equity laws in the U.S. The bill still needs…
Read MoreIreland Pay Gap Reporting Regulations Released
Last year, Irish lawmakers passed the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021. The Act aims to close the pay gap between men and women by requiring employers to publish information about gender wage gaps within their organizations. Nearly a year later, the Irish government released the regulations outlining gender pay gap reporting obligations for employers.…
Read MoreEEOC Gears up for the Return of EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Reporting
“Watch out, it is coming.” That’s what Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioner Keith Sonderling recently told attendees at a DirectEmployers Annual Meeting in regards to EEO-1 Component 2 data reporting. Sonderling’s statement confirms what has been brewing for some time now: The return of Component 2 in the annual EEO-1 survey is inevitable, and…
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