We’re pleased to share a thoughtful look at whether lawsuits alleging illegal pay disparities under California law are suitable as class actions. This post, recently featured on Seyfarth’s Pay Equity Issues & Insights Blog, provides some compelling reasons to argue that they’re not.
Seyfarth Synopsis: Over the past few years we have seen groundbreaking changes to equal pay laws
Continue Reading Recent Pay Equity Cases Show That Such Cases Are Ill-Suited For Class Treatment
Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first case of its kind under the California Fair Pay Act, a court dismissed a pay equity class claim against Google, holding that alleging wage discrimination for “all women” does not plead enough information to sustain a complaint.
You have learned, in following our updates on California’s Fair Pay Act (2015 passage, 2016 update
Continue Reading Google It: Pay Equity Class Action Complaint Dismissed
Seyfarth Synopsis: New FAQs from DLSE offer some guidance on California’s “new and improved” Equal Pay Act. Most helpful is discussion of factors (skill, effort, responsibility) affecting whether work by different employees is “substantially similar” enough to require equal wages.
As Seyfarth has reported previously here, as of January 1, 2016, California has one of the most aggressive pay
Continue Reading New DLSE FAQs: Unequal Guidance On Equal Pay Law
Quintessential early adapters and always on the go, we Californians love change, and we start trends. That’s good. There has been plenty of change this past year in the world of California labor and employment law. As Father Time prepares to tender his timekeeping duties to Baby New Year, let’s take a moment off the clock to look back at
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By Annette Tyman, Christine Hendrickson and Kristina M. Launey
Yesterday, October 6, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Fair Pay Act, which media observers have called the nation’s most aggressive equal pay law. The Fair Pay Act will be effective January 1, 2016 for employers with California-based employees.
How Does This Law Differ From Current Laws Addressing Pay
Continue Reading California Governor Signs Strictest Equal Pay Law in U.S.