California SB 973 requires employers that (1) file EEO-1 reports and (2) employ more than 100 employees to submit data to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) annually that shows pay by race and gender for their California employees. It was signed into law on September 30, 2020, and DFEH has been
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California Announces Pay Data Reporting Portal Will Open by February 15, 2021
By Christopher T. Patrick & Susan E. Groff on
Posted in Pay Equity
California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) continues to advance toward the March 31, 2021 pay data collection deadline. When SB 973 was passed in September, DFEH had six months to develop and implement a data collection system that could accomplish the task. It is delivering. DFEH issued its first guidance on November…
California Issues Additional Guidance on What Pay Data Reports will Require
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The deadline for employers to comply with California’s pay data reporting requirement (Senate Bill 973) and submit pay data to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is March 31, 2021.
The DFEH has launched an information page that provides needed clarity on certain obligations and has issued additional guidance on the…
EEOC Renews Request to Close Component 2 Pay Data Portal
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Pay Equity
EEOC has filed another Motion with the court seeking an Order deeming Component 2 pay data collection complete. In its most recent filing, EEOC requests the Court to revisit its previous decision and deem the collection obligation satisfied or, in the alternative, provide clarification “regarding the response rate at which the Court will deem the…
Latest Update from EEOC on Component 2 Pay Data Reporting
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Pay Equity
Following the most recent Court Order, EEOC has provided the court with a current update as to its compliance with the Court’s Order that it continue to keep the EEO-1 Component 2 pay data reporting portal open. The Court has ordered the portal remain open until at least January 31, 2020 to allow additional…
EEOC Must Keep Pay Data Reporting Portal Open
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Pay Equity
Despite its request to close the pay data reporting portal, Judge Chutkan has ordered EEOC to continue to keep the EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Reporting Portal open to allow more filers to submit their pay data. The Order states, despite the acknowledged expense, that EEOC “must continue to take all steps necessary to complete…
EEOC Seeks Court Permission to Deem Pay Data Reporting Complete
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Pay Equity
In the next chapter of the pay data reporting saga, the EEOC has filed a Motion with the court seeking an order “determining that the EEO-1 Component 2 data collection is deemed complete.” The EEOC is reporting that, “as October 8, 2019, 75.9% of eligible filers had submitted Component 2 data.”
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Like EEO-1 Component 2, California Pay Data Reporting Stalls
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With the future of the EEOC’s pay data collection efforts unclear, California’s effort to legislate its own race- and sex-based pay data reporting requirements likewise has stalled, for now.
Since July, California’s Senate Bill 171 (requiring private employers with at least 100 employees to submit an annual report of employee pay data broken…
Data System Security Info and File Specifications Added to EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting Website
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Pay Equity
As July 15th draws closer, EEOC and NORC are ramping up for opening of the EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data reporting portal. As part of these efforts, they are consistently providing new information on the reporting obligation.
Please find the rest of this article on our Affirmative Action & OFCCP Law Advisor blog here.
Additional Pay Data Reporting Order Details
By Laura A. Mitchell on
Posted in Pay Equity
It’s here and it’s real. The written order memorializing Judge Chutkan’s oral Order setting the September 30, 2019 deadline for collection of employer pay data reveals these additional details:
- EEOC is ordered to collect EEO-1 Component 2 pay data for calendar years 2017 and 2018
Please find the full article in our Affirmative Action &…