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… Read More
The 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… Read More
Applying 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… Read More
California 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… Read More
Pay 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… Read More
Watch 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… Read More
Ireland 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. Read More
EEOC 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… Read More