Posts Tagged ‘Pay Equity Act’
Equal Pay for Team USA Act of 2021 Gains Traction
Gender-based pay inequities have long pervaded American sports, but a growing number of lawmakers and athletes are advocating for a solution: “equal pay for equal play.” This principle is embodied in the “Equal Pay for Team USA Act of 2021,” a bipartisan piece of legislation reintroduced to the Senate on Jul. 13, 2021. Originally brought…
Read MoreWorld Cup Champions U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Fights for Pay Equity
3 minute read “Men are so often paid and compensated on the potential that they show, not necessarily what they’ve done… And women are so often paid on what they’ve actually done…” Megan Rapinoe, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, NPR Interview. As issues of gender and racial inequality took center stage in 2020, leaders in leagues…
Read MoreLessons from Canada’s Equal Pay Act
3 minute read In a landmark effort to close the Candian gender wage gap, and to ensure that pay equity is both achieved and maintained, the Canadian parliament passed the Pay Equity Act in December of 2018. Although the Pay Equity Act has yet to take legal effect, it is expected to come into force…
Read MoreNew KPIs Promise Consistency in Gender & Diversity Analytics
As businesses around the globe continue to come online to the import of analytics around diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEI&A), a consistent challenge is the lack of uniformity in approaches to measuring success in this area. As Trusaic observed earlier this month concerning quantifying demographic changes within a specific workforce: “There is also a…
Read MorePay Equity Continues to Take Shape in Ontario, Canada
While Ontario, Canada’s Pay Equity Act (PEA) has been in effect since 1988, employers are not entirely sure of their responsibilities. Due to legislative changes however, that is likely to change. But first, Ontario’s PEA applies to all employers in the public sector and employers in the private sector who employ at least 10 employees.…
Read MorePay Equity Laws Abroad are Rapidly Evolving. U.S. Employers Should Take Note
Pay Equity is increasingly becoming a major operational imperative for businesses at home and abroad. Achieving Pay Equity means eliminating unlawful discrimination from the wage-setting process. The rising importance of Pay Equity for employers globally can be attributed to rapidly evolving laws regulating the payment of wages. In this article, Trusaic takes you on a…
Read MoreCounty Level Pay Equity Law Effective in Maryland
Montgomery County, Maryland’s Equal Pay Act went into effect August 2019 and follows a greater trend taking shape in the United States. The County Pay Equity Act currently applies to county employers and employees and prohibits County employers from requesting salary history from new applicants applying for County jobs. The Act also prohibits the County…
Read MoreThe Gender Pay Gap – Just How Bad Is It?
How bad is the gender pay gap in America? The answer is bad, with how bad depending on which report you agree with most. The Census Bureau and its annual report on income and poverty is the most often referenced to quantify the gender wage gap. Each year, as part of this report, the Census…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Pay Equity Bill Under Consideration
South Carolina state legislators are considering a bill that, if passed, would be the first to bolster all of the protections of the federal Equal Pay Act. The proposed bill, “An Act to Establish Pay Equity,” asserts that South Carolina has one of the largest pay gaps in the nation. A 2017 study from the…
Read MoreCanada Proposes New Equal Pay Act
Canada is poised to join the trend of countries passing legislation to close the gender wage gap. In October, the Canada House of Commons held a “First Reading” or introduction of legislation entitled “ the Pay Equity Act.” The Pay Equity Act would require certain federally regulated public and private employers with 10 or more…
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