On March 30th, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law SB 5761, which will require employers to include in each job posting salary or pay range and information about other compensation and benefits. The new law goes into effect January 1, 2023. Read more.
K. Joy Chin
Joy Chin is a principal in the Long Island, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors, co-leader of the firm’s Affirmative Action, OFCCP and Government Contract Compliance practice group, and co-leader of the firm's Pay Equity group.
New York City Issues Guidance on Requirement to Disclose Salary Ranges in Advertisements
The New York City Commission on Human Rights published guidance for the recently enacted Local Law 32 of 2022, which requires salary transparency in job advertisements, effective May 15, 2022. New York City enacted legislation on January 15, 2022, requiring all covered employers to include a minimum and maximum salary for the position advertised. Unfortunately,…
New York City Employers Will Soon Be Required to Include Salary Ranges on Job Advertisements
As New York City Mayor Eric Adams did not take action within 30 days of receipt from the New York City Council, the Council’s legislation requiring most New York City employers to include salary ranges on job advertisements has become law.
This legislation is similar to recent enactments in numerous other jurisdictions, including Colorado and…
Rhode Island Enacts New Protections Against Pay Discrimination
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee has signed into law new protections against pay discrimination. The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 2023, makes it unlawful to pay any employee less than the employees of another race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, or country of ancestral origin…
California Issues Guidance on New Pay Data Reporting Requirements But Leaves Some Questions Pending
At the end of California’s 2020 legislative session, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 973 (SB 973), which created pay data reporting requirements for employers starting in March 2021. However, the new legislation left some uncertainty for employers in several areas.
The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) promised in mid-October that it would be…
New York Adopts Laws Aimed at Combating Salary Inequality and Race Discrimination
In the final days of its 2019 Session, the New York State Legislature passed three bills that, respectively, will bar employers from inquiring about applicants’ past salary history, prohibit wage differentials based on protected class status, and ban race discrimination based on an employee’s hair or hairstyle. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to sign…
Equal Pay Day is April 2, 2019. Are You Ready?
The Jackson Lewis Pay Equity Resource Group is pleased to announce a special series to help employers prepare for Equal Pay Day. “Rethinking Pay Equity” will take a look at several of the biggest questions facing employers in the ever-evolving #equalpay landscape, including: How can prior salary information perpetuate the persistent pay gap, and how…
Federal Judge Reinstates EEOC Pay Data Collection, Effective Immediately
A U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia vacated the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) stay of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) revised EEO-1 form and the September 15, 2017, Federal Register Notice implementing the stay (Staying the Effectiveness of the EEO-1 Pay Data Collection, 82 Fed. Reg. 43362). Nat’l Women’s Law…
Michigan Bars State Employer Inquiries into Salary History
One week after taking office, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a directive that prohibits state departments and agencies from asking about current or previous salaries until after extending a conditional offer of employment with proposed salary. Executive Directive No. 2019-10, intended to ensure equal pay for equal work among state employees, went into effect…
Countdown to New Jersey’s Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act
On July 1, 2018, only ten days from now, the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (Act) goes into effect, broadening New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to promote equal pay for all employees covered under the law.
The Act, considered one of the most comprehensive and pro-employee equal pay laws in the nation, significantly…