This week, the US Women’s National Soccer Team filed suit against the USA Soccer, claiming that they are not paid commensurately with their male counterparts. The USWNT, who is possibly
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As a follow up to yesterday’s post on the proposed changes to EEO-1 reports, the EEOC is not the only ones trying to increase efforts to combat gender pay inequity.
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As many of you probably know, the EEOC has issued a proposed rule that, if adopted, would require significant changes to the EEO-1 reporting requirements. The rule proposal is designed
Continue Reading Will the Comment Period Be Extended on the EEOC’s Proposal to Change EEO-1 Reporting Requirements?
As we reported last week, the New Jersey Senate was considering an Equal Pay Bill that would amend the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. Today, the Senate voted overwhelmingly
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Following President Obama’s announcement of new EEOC reporting rules designed to target the gender wage gap, this week New Jersey Senator Weinberg introduced an Equal Pay Bill that, if passed,
Continue Reading NJ Senator Jumps On Obama’s Equal Pay Bandwagon
In recent years the issue of the so-called “gender gap” in employee wages has, pardon the use of this word, “engendered” strong feeling on the part of the labor and
Continue Reading Obama on Wage Gap: Making a List, Checking it Twice
This will soon be a question Connecticut employees may ask each other without repercussions. Connecticut legislators have passed H.B. 6850 which makes it illegal for employees to prohibit their employees
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I must confess that I did not watch last night’s State of the Union as I was stuck at the office working on a brief. I have had time since
Continue Reading What Does President Obama’s State of the Union Signal for Employers?
“Women continue to make less than men for the same work,” notes Tara Siegel Bernard in her interesting article in the New York Times of November 15 entitled “Vigilant Eye
Continue Reading Gender Pay Disparity Requires Pay Equity Analysis
Thank you, Karen Radich, an employment law barrister in Wellington, New Zealand, for giving us more info on the new significant equal pay decision from New Zealand.
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