Posts Tagged ‘Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA)’
Democracy, Data, and DEI: How the New President Will Transform the Pay Equity Landscape
3 minute read President-elect Biden made inclusion and equity a focal point of the Democratic big-tent strategy during the 2020 presidential election. Even as political striations appeared in national down-ballot races, President-Elect Biden’s decisive victory (and the passing of progressive policies and local ballot measures in various states across the US) are factors that provide…
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 MoreIreland to Require Employers to Publish Gender Pay Gap Information
Members of the Irish government have submitted legislation to the national parliament to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 to provide greater transparency into the country’s gender wage gap. Similar to current regulation in the UK, the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2019 will require employers with 250 employees or more to comply with the…
Read MoreEEOC Promotes Equal Pay Enforcement Activities
For Equal Pay Day this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an update on its enforcement activity, highlighting on the penalty assessments for the 2018 FY. In particular, the EEOC stated that for the 2018 FY, the agency collected nearly $15 million from cases involving equal pay violations: $10.5 million for resolving administrative…
Read MoreDemocrats Push for Passage of Paycheck Fairness Act [UPDATE]
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have reintroduced and passed the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA). Will 2019 be the year we see the bill become law? It just may be. Hoping to capitalize on their majority in the House of Representatives, Democrats have introduced the PFA for the eleventh time and passed the legislation…
Read MoreCan We Expect Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act in 2018?
Equal Pay Day 2017 fell on April 4 last year and marked the return to the House of Representatives of the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA). It is the most recent iteration of a bill that has percolated in Congress for over two decades, but has never become law. Designed to ameliorate critical shortcomings its drafters…
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