On May 12th, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation which requires certain employers in New York City to include a salary range in all job postings. The new law goes into effect November 1, 2022. Additional information on the NYC law can be found here and here.
Pay Equity
New York City Pay Transparency Law to Take Effect in November 2022
By Stacey A. Bastone, K. Joy Chin, Richard I. Greenberg, Daniel J. Jacobs, Michael Jakowsky & Shannon Azzaro on
Posted in Pay Equity
The New York City Council has pushed back implementation of the salary transparency law from May 15, 2022, to November 1, 2022.
On January 15, 2022, New York City enacted legislation requiring all covered employers to include a minimum and maximum salary for the position advertised. The new law was set to go into effect…
Mississippi Pay Equity Bill Crosses Finish Line
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Mississippi Governor, Tate Reeves, had three options. He could have vetoed the state’s pending pay equity bill. He did not.
He could have let it come into effect without action. He passed on this path too.
Instead, on April 20, Governor Reeves signed the bill into law. And now every state in the…
Mississippi Poised to Enact Pay Equity Law
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Mississippi is the only state in the country without an equal pay law. That may change soon.
On March 30, 2022, the Mississippi House and Senate both passed HB 770. The bill (1) requires employers to pay employees without regard to sex and (2) encourages equal pay for equal work. The bill sits…
Washington State to Require Employers to Disclose Salary and Benefits Information on Job Postings
By K. Joy Chin & Sherry L. Talton on
Posted in Pay Equity
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.
New York City Issues Guidance on Requirement to Disclose Salary Ranges in Advertisements
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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,…
Washington State to Join the Growing List of States with Expanding Pay Disclosure Requirements
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The rise of state pay transparency laws continues, this time with Washington doubling down on its most recent round of pay equity legislation. If new legislation currently on the desk of Governor Inslee becomes law, Washington employers will soon be required to make affirmative compensation-based disclosures to both applicants and employees.
To date, Washington…
President Biden Signs Executive Order Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Pay Equity
In addition to digesting OFCCP’s release of a new directive on compensation, government contractors may soon see new regulations around inquiries into and the use of prior salary information. In conjunction with Equal Pay Day, President Biden signed a new Executive Order on Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay…
Oregon Extends Exemption for Certain Payments from Equal Pay Act
By Mark A. Crabtree on
Posted in Oregon, Pay Equity
Last year, the Oregon legislature temporarily amended Oregon’s Equal Pay Act to exempt vaccine incentives and hiring and retention bonuses from pay equity considerations, as reported here. The temporary amendments were scheduled to expire March 1, 2022. More recently, the legislature extended the expiration date for the amendments. SB 1514 permits employers to continue…
OFCCP Releases New Compensation Directive
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Pay Equity
Hot off the press on Equal Pay Day (the day that symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year) OFCCP has released a new compensation directive. Directive 2022-01: Pay Equity Audits does little to set out how contractors should be looking at their pay systems…