Wage Inequity

Pay Equity Extends to Race, Ethnicity, Without Banning Salary Inquiries

By Kristina M. Launey & Marjorie Soto on October 27, 2016

Posted in 2016 Cal-Peculiarities, Legislative Updates, Wage Order Series

Seyfarth Synopsis: Governor Jerry Brown recently signed pay equity legislation to build on SB 358, a gender pay equity bill that he signed just last year.

Recent state pay equity initiatives (in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York) have focused on gender. California is different. Leave it to the state that last year passed the nation’s strictest pay…
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Pay Equity Legislation: Not Just Gender Anymore

By Kristina M. Launey on February 18, 2016

Posted in 2015 Legislative Updates, 2016 Cal-Peculiarities, Wage Order Series

From high profile cases in Hollywood to the Silicon Valley, to high-profile legislation, gender pay equity has been top of the news in the past year. On January 1, 2016, the California Fair Pay Act — widely publicized as the toughest (gender) pay equity law in the nation — became effective. Other states (Massachusetts, New Jersey,…
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Pay Equity Extends to Race, Ethnicity, Without Banning Salary Inquiries

Pay Equity Legislation: Not Just Gender Anymore

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