With the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements re-energizing the focus on #EqualPay, employers increasingly may find themselves facing questions about how they are paying employees and what they are doing to help close the pay gap. A growing number of companies are adjusting their compensation programs to address pay equity concerns. In recent months, several large
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Protest Challenges Pay Discrimination Behind the Lens
By Cashida N. Okeke on
Posted in Pay Equity
Since the start of the “Times Up” and “Me Too” movements, the spotlight has remained on the gender-based wage disparities existing between female and male actors that work on the same cinematic productions, yet receive unequal pay. However, many in Hollywood feel that women who work behind the scenes in film production or as part …
Mind the (Gender & Race) Gap
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in Pay Equity
When we think about the “pay gap,” often only the disparity between genders comes to mind – the disparity in pay between all males and all females. It is not the only gap employers should be mindful of. For example, Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which this year fell on August 7, shines a spotlight…
Physician Pay Equity Issues Are Under the Microscope
By Jessica M. Marsh on
Posted in Pay Equity
As our Healthcare Workplace Update reported on June 21, and as is the case across many industries, issues related to physician pay equity are receiving increased attention nationwide.
Doximity’s 2018 Physician Compensation Report (its second annual report) contained key national findings on the gender wage gap that point to widespread disparities in physician compensation. Please…
New Jersey Issues Equal Pay Data Reporting Instructions and Forms
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The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has issued two reporting forms for the new Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act: Contracts for Qualifying Services and Contracts for Public Works. To assist contractors with filing the forms, the state also has issued Instructions.
The Equal Pay Act went into effect…
California Clarifies Ambiguous Language of Salary History Ban
By Amanda E. Steinke & Susan E. Groff on
Posted in Pay Equity
California has enacted new legislation aimed at clarifying its law banning an employer from inquiring about a job applicant’s salary history information.
Assembly Bill 168 (codified as Labor Code Section 432.3) prohibits employers from seeking salary history of applicants for employment. Designed to eradicate the wage gap, AB 168 also requires employers to provide applicants…
What Employers Need to Know about San Francisco’s Salary History Ordinance
By Cashida N. Okeke on
Posted in Pay Equity
San Francisco’s “Parity in Pay Ordinance,” prohibiting employers from inquiring about a job applicant’s salary history, took effect on July 1, 2018. This post discussed significant provisions of the ordinance as well as key considerations for employers to ensure compliance with the new regulation.
The San Francisco measure follows several states’ and cities’ enactment of…
Hawaii on Board with Pay Transparency and Salary History Ban
By Wayne S. Yoshigai & Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in Pay Equity
Hawaii will be joining the salary history ban trend beginning in 2019. On July 5, Governor David Ige signed into law a bill seeking to address the pay disparity between men and women who perform similar work.
Effective January 1, 2019, Hawaii employers with at least one employee in the state may not ask a…
Considerations for Employers in Massachusetts
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in Pay Equity
Like New Jersey’s Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act, the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA) amendments went into effect on July 1, 2018. Regarded as one of the first comprehensive fair pay laws to be passed at the state level, MEPA has served as not only as a catalyst, but a model, for the…
American Medical Association Adopts Resolution to Promote Pay Equity
By Sarah R. Skubas & Margaret J. Strange on
Posted in Pay Equity
The healthcare industry is following other industries with an increased focus and growing sense of alarm over the gender pay gap. Click here to read our full article regarding the AMA’s resolution to promote pay equity.