Posts Tagged ‘Pay Gap Risk Assessment’
Doing Business in California Requires Pay Equity
4 minute read California is home to one of the United States’ most critical economic engines, from Silicon Valley to big agriculture to the Disney Parks. California would be the fifth-largest economy in the world, if it were its own country, according to Forbes. Yet many employers may not be aware that regulating this massive…
Read MoreMassachusetts Gender & Racial Wage Gap Persists, Despite the Equal Pay Act
3 minute read The gender gap in Massachusetts showcases the occupational differences that can complicate pay equity, even with the changes to state law. The most populous state in New England, and the home of the diverse metropolitan city of Boston, seemed poised to take a leadership role with the 2016 passage of The Massachusetts…
Read MoreDiversity, Equity, & Inclusion Begins and Ends With Data
2 minute read A recent discussion hosted by the law firm Baker Mackenzie provides employers with some critical insights concerning data collection, privacy, and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives. In this brief post, Trusaic will convey some of the panelists’ recommendations, while adding several of our own. Why the focus on DE&I and data…
Read MoreLatinas Face a Lifetime of Gender Wage Gap Across the U.S.
3 minute read As the electoral returns trickled in last week, the eyes of the nation watched as new demographics carved out a new constituency, and much was said about the Latino vote. Long underrepresented in media writ large, and conspicuously lacking from high office and executive positions, a new focus on DE&I initiatives is…
Read MoreA Pay Data Reporting Checklist for California Employers
2 minute read SB 973 requires private employers (with a workforce of 100 or more employees) to submit pay data reporting to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). In accordance with SB 973 (California Pay Data Reporting), employers will have to file a pay data report by March 31, 2021, and by March…
Read MoreThe Impact of Executive Order 13950 on DEI&A Initiatives
2 minute read On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 13950, “to promote economy and efficiency in Federal contracting to promote unity in the Federal workforce, and to combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating.” On its face, the executive order seems to be an effort to further discourage discriminatory…
Read MoreOn the Cutting Edge of DE&I: CA’s New Board Diversity Law
2 minute read California made waves in 2018 when it enacted a law requiring publicly held corporations headquartered within the state to have a minimum of one female director on its board by the close of 2019. By no later than the close of the 2021 calendar year, such corporations with five directors must have…
Read MoreDEI & the Academy Awards: New Film Industry Guidelines Address Diversity & Inclusion
3 minute read The U.S. film and television industry comprises a workforce of over 2.6 million individuals and over 93,000 businesses; it has operations in all 50 states, falls under the jurisdiction of 19 different unions, with 1,300 schools devoted to issuing certificates and terminal degrees in the field, and pays out $177 billion in…
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 MoreSPECIAL REPORT: Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Senate Bill 973 into Law
3 minute read On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 973 (“SB 973”) into law. The new bill is positioned to have far-reaching implications for pay equity and pay data reporting both in California and beyond. With last year’s announcement by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that it will…
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