- Coverage. Employers with at least 15 employees – and at least one employee in California – must include the pay scale on job
Pay Transparency
New York State Governor Signs Statewide Pay Transparency Law
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Effective September 17, 2023, covered employers in New York State will have pay transparency obligations related to job advertisements under legislative bill S.9427-A/A.10477. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the bill on December 21, 2022.
New York joins other states like California and Washington in enacting pay transparency requirements in 2022. The passage also complicates compliance…
Washington Updates Guidance On 2023 Pay Transparency Requirements
By Sherry L. Talton on
Posted in Pay Equity
Washington State’s Employment Security Department recently released a draft administrative policy with updated guidance on the modified pay transparency requirements beginning January 1, 2023. This draft policy aims to clarify issues raised by stakeholders in the feedback process for the development of the final administrative policy. The draft policy gives some new insight on several…
Pay Transparency Coming Soon to Westchester County, New York
By Susan M. Corcoran on
Posted in Pay Equity
Westchester County’s salary transparency law, amending the local Human Rights Law, is set to take effect November 6, 2022. The County law will require employers (with at least four employees), employment agencies, and labor organizations to include a minimum or maximum salary for a job, promotion, or transfer opportunity in the job posting or…
California Poised to Expand Pay Transparency, Reporting Obligations
By Christopher T. Patrick & Jacklin Rad on
Posted in Pay Equity
A bill to increase pay transparency in California steps closer to becoming law.
Senate Bill 1162, introduced in February and with some amendments since its initial form, passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee on August 11. Only a few steps are left before it could become law this legislative session: (1) a full Assembly…
NYC Mayor Signs Pay Transparency Law
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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.