The Oregon legislature has temporarily amended Oregon’s Equal Pay Act to allow employers latitude to both encourage COVID-19 vaccinations and to attract new employees as the state emerges from COVID-19 business restrictions. Under the revised statute, when evaluating whether employees who perform work of comparable character are paid equitably, a comparison of employee compensation
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Illinois Enacts Equal Pay Certification Follow-Up Amendments
By Paul Patten & Thanin O. Stewart on
Posted in Illinois, Pay Equity
Signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker into law June 25, 2021, new amendments to the Equal Pay Act of 2003 alter and clarify the practical implications of obtaining an equal pay registration certificate under the Act.
A requirement enacted through Governor Pritzker’s signing an amendment to the Equal Pay Act on March 23, 2021, businesses…
Injunction Denied: Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act Stands (For Now)
Posted in Pay Equity
Today, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado issued a long-awaited ruling on a motion to enjoin the recently enacted Colorado Pay Equity Transparency Rules.
These rules were first proposed in September 2020, finalized in November 2020, clarified in December 2020, and became effective January 1, 2021.
They are…
Pay Data Reporting: California is the Tip of the Spear
By Christopher T. Patrick & Susan E. Groff on
Posted in Pay Equity
In a continued effort to reduce gender and racial pay gaps, on September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 973, which creates massive pay reporting requirements for employers. In 2021, certain California employers will be required to submit annual information on its employees’ pay data by gender, race, and ethnicity…
Court Holds New Jersey’s Equal Pay Act Will Not Be Applied Retroactively
By James M. McDonnell & Cashida N. Okeke on
Posted in New Jersey, Pay Equity
The Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (NJEPA) does not apply retroactively to conduct occurring before its effective date, July 1, 2018, a federal district court has ruled. Perrotto v. Morgan Advanced Materials, 2:18-cv-13825-WJM-MF (D. N.J. Jan. 14, 2019). The court granted the employer’s motion to dismiss.
The NJEPA provides enhanced equal pay protections…