Seyfarth Synopsis:  California Governor Jerry Brown recently vetoed the Gender Pay Gap Transparency Act (AB 1209), which would have required California employers to produce pay data, without consideration of legitimate reasons for differences in pay, to the Secretary of State, who then would publish the data on the internet.

Read about this development in a recent post to Seyfarth’s Pay Equity Issues and Insights Blog.

Salary History Webinar tomorrow:  For further discussion about use of wage and salary history information across the country, please join the authors of the blog post for a webinar tomorrow, October 25, 2017, at 11:00 PT/1:00 CT. They will be talking about recent legislation in California, Oregon, and San Francisco (joining Massachusetts, Delaware, Puerto Rico, New York City and Philadelphia) in prohibiting employers from inquiring about wage history information from job applicants. Join them as they summarize the changes and legal implications and describe the practical considerations employers are considering in this new frontier. The webinar is free, but registration is required. Use this link to sign up.