Pay Equity Enforcement

Mississippi Equal Pay Law To Take Effect This July

By Joanna Kim-Brunetti | April 26, 2022

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…

EEOC’s FY 2021 Activity and the Future of Pay Equity Enforcement

By Robert Sheen | January 12, 2022

The 2022 fiscal year is shaping up to be busy for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The agency experienced a boost in activity at the end of 2021 according to its Agency Financial Report, indicating the enforcement lull it experienced in 2020 is over. A message from EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows affirms the…