Posts Tagged ‘Pay Discrimination’
USWNT Reaches Deal With U.S. Soccer to Ensure Equal Pay
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) has reached an agreement with U.S. Soccer Federation regarding pay – ending the several-year-long battle to eliminate pay discrimination. As a result of several new collective bargaining agreements, USWNT has secured equal pay for equal work. Both teams have “identical economical terms,” among other key details. Below are…
Read MoreTakeaways From the 2021 UK Gender Pay Gap Reporting Results
The United Kingdom’s gender pay gap reporting data for 2021 is in. And an analysis of the 2021 reporting year by Lewis Silkin suggests the efforts are paying off: the pay gap appears to be shrinking. Below we outline trends in this analysis and why evolving pay transparency laws across the pond should matter to…
Read MoreLinkedIn Settlement Demonstrates Need For Accurate Pay Equity Audits
As pay equity continues to heat up around the world, some organizations are learning the hard way why it’s important to conduct a pay equity audit with the support of experts. Such is the case with LinkedIn, the professional networking website that ironically hosts much of the dialogue associated with pay equity, the great resignation,…
Read MoreMississippi Equal Pay Law To Take Effect This July
Last week Mississippi became the last state in the country to pass a law ensuring workers receive equal pay for equal work. On Wednesday, April 20, Governor Tate Reeves signed House Bill 770 into law. The new equal pay law will take effect on July 1. The Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act marks…
Read MoreConnecticut HB 6380 Requires Salary Range Disclosure
Effective October 1, 2021, Connecticut employers will have new significant pay equity obligations. Signed into law on June 7, 2021, House Bill No. 6380 (An Act Concerning the Disclosure of Salary Range for a Vacant Position) applies to all organizations within the Constitution State that have at least one employee. Although HB 6380 amends Connecticut…
Read MoreNew OFCCP Director’s Top Priority: Closing Gender/Race Pay Gaps
To accurately gauge where a federal agency is heading in the wake of a new presidential administration, a good place to start is with the resumes of newly appointed agency heads. In the case of the Office of Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) newest Director, Jenny R. Yang, a lot can be gleaned concerning the future…
Read MoreESG a Top Priority for Mutual Fund Managers, Investors
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are becoming a top priority for mutual fund managers and investors alike. More specifically, the focal point is how employers are addressing them. Companies (including special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs) that want to be included in mutual funds need to know that they’ll be under greater pressure to…
Read MoreLedbetter Act Applies to Equal Pay Act, Appeals Court Rules
By now, many are familiar with Lilly Ledbetter and her fight for equal pay. Nonetheless, her story continues to have renewed relevance by dent of its impact on the U.S. legal landscape. Recently, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and its paycheck accrual rule, apply to the Equal…
Read MoreEEOC Invokes the Information Quality Act for a Third Study of Its Pay Data
The EEOC voted unanimously to defer any use of the EEO-1 Component 2 pay data that it has already collected until 2022 at the earliest. Instead, the EEOC is sponsoring another study of the Component 2 data by a panel appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT)…
Read MoreThe Right And Wrong Measures Of Diversity and Inclusion
There’s an overall awareness in the working world, now, where discrimination and wage disparity are merely two of the issues coming to light that have affected organizations and their employees for decades. Employers have begun adopting best practices to which they can remedy some of these issues and rectify certain errors that have prevented specific…
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