Kate Gold

Kate Gold is a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department in the Los Angeles office.

Kate has over 25 years of experience representing clients in a range of industries, across all areas of employment law. An experienced litigator, she has represented clients in all types of employment-related suits, including class and collective actions, discrimination, retaliation and harassment, non-compete and wage/hour matters. In addition to litigating, she conducts high-level workplace investigations and routinely counsels clients on matters involving the full range of state and federal employment issues.

Firm/Organization: Proskauer Rose LLP

Blogs: California Employment Law Update, Law and the Workplace, Proskauer on Class and Collective Actions, Proskauer Whistleblower Defense

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California Employment Law Update

Take That, Employers! California is Done (for Now) with this Year’s Legislative Thrashing

By Tony Oncidi, Kate Gold & Cole Lewis

October 14, 2019

Here’s a comprehensive list of the new employment-related statutes enacted and signed into law in the Golden State (effective Jan. 1, 2020 unless otherwise specified): AB 5 (Gonzalez, D-San Diego) makes it extremely difficult for most California employers to hire an independent contractor and would convert such workers into “employees” in the eyes of the law. Read more here. AB 170 (Gonzalez, D-San Diego) exempts newspaper distributers and newspaper carriers until January 1, 2021…

Law and the Workplace

EEO-1 Component 2 Reports Are Still Due September 30, But….

By Kate Gold & Guy Brenner

September 27, 2019

Employers have been furiously working to prepare their EEO-1 Component 2 submissions by the September 30 deadline. Some employers who underestimated the task have asked us whether the EEOC’s submission portal will remain open after September 30 in case they are unable to complete their submissions in time. Until now, our response has been “maybe.” However, today the EEOC provided the following guidance to employers: In a September 27, 2019 Status Report that was…

Proskauer on Class and Collective Actions

California Supreme Court Hands Employers A Rare Victory, Trims Bloated PAGA Claims

By Tony Oncidi, Kate Gold, Philippe A. Lebel & Andrew Sherwood

September 16, 2019

Last week, the California Supreme Court held that private litigants may not recover unpaid wages under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”). See ZB, N.A. v. Superior Court (Lawson) (Cal. S. Ct. Sept. 12, 2019). In a rearguard effort to fight employment arbitration agreements, which usually include class action waivers, plaintiffs’ lawyers have been routinely filing PAGA representative actions in an effort to stay in court and out of arbitration. Plaintiffs relied on Thurman …

California Employment Law Update

California Supreme Court Hands Employers A Rare Victory, Trims Bloated PAGA Claims

By Tony Oncidi, Kate Gold & Philippe A. Lebel

September 13, 2019

Yesterday, the California Supreme Court held that private litigants may not recover unpaid wages under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”). See ZB, N.A. v. Superior Court (Lawson) (Cal. S. Ct. Sept. 12, 2019). In a rearguard effort to fight employment arbitration agreements, which usually include class action waivers, plaintiffs’ lawyers have been routinely filing PAGA representative actions in an effort to stay in court and out of arbitration. Plaintiffs relied on Thurman …

Law and the Workplace

EEOC Will Not Seek to Renew Component 2 (Pay and Hours Data) Requirements for Future EEO-1 Reports

By Guy Brenner, Kate Gold & Mark A. Linscott

September 12, 2019

The EEOC announced today, September 12, 2019, that it “is not seeking to renew Component 2 of the EEO-1” in a notice published on the Federal Register. As we have previously reported, Component 2 of the EEO-1 report requires employers with over 100 employees to report its employees’ compensation and hours worked (sorted by pay band, job category, race ethnicity, and gender). The Obama Administration initially adopted the addition of Component 2 reporting requirements,…

Law and the Workplace

New Guidance on EEO-1 Component 2 Data Submissions For Companies Involved in Corporate Transactions

By Guy Brenner, Kate Gold & Jordan Simon

August 6, 2019

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released additional guidance regarding the new EEO-1 Component 2 data reporting requirements for employers who were involved in mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs in 2017 and 2018. As we previously reported, employers must report their Component 2 pay and hours worked data for calendar years 2017 and 2018 by September 30, 2019. In its guidance, EEOC advises, among other things, that acquiring companies are responsible for submitting Component…

Law and the Workplace

EEOC Posts Forms and Guidance for New EEO-1 Reporting Requirements

By Guy Brenner, Kate Gold & Jordan Simon

July 3, 2019

In an effort to assist employers, the EEOC has posted guidance and sample forms for the new EEO-1 Component 2 Compensation Data reporting requirements on its website. The new materials provide useful information for employers to comply with the new reporting requirement. As we have previously reported, employers must now report employee pay data and hours worked, by job category, in addition to the usual workforce demographic information. The EEOC informed employers this spring…

Law and the Workplace

The EEO-1 Saga Continues — An Appeal, Additional Requirements, and More…

By Guy Brenner & Kate Gold

May 6, 2019

Employers would be forgiven for feeling figurative whiplash from all of the developments surrounding the EEO-1 in recent weeks. After understanding they would not have to submit pay data with their EEO-1 submissions (referred to as “Component 2 data”), in a series of rulings. Judge Tanya Chutkan reinstated the obligation. Since then, employers have been reading tea leaves and following developments, trying to figure what will be required of them and by when. And while…

Law and the Workplace

EEOC Issues Statement Regarding EEO-1

By Guy Brenner & Kate Gold

April 30, 2019

On April 29, 2019, the EEOC issued the following statement regarding the recent EEO-1 developments: Notice of Immediate Reinstatement of Revised EEO-1: Pay Data Collection EEO-1 filers should begin preparing to submit Component 2 data for calendar year 2018 by September 30, 2019, in light of the court’s recent decision in National Women’s Law Center, et al., v. Office of Management and Budget, et al., Civil Action No. 17-cv-2458 (D.D.C.). The EEOC expects to begin collecting…

Law and the Workplace

Judge Orders Employers to Submit Pay Data on Revised EEO-1 Form by September 30, 2019

By Guy Brenner, Kate Gold & Jordan Simon

April 26, 2019

Introduction: On April 25, 2019, Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to collect detailed data on employee compensation and hours worked from covered employers sorted by job category, pay band, race, ethnicity, and gender (“Component 2” of the EEO-1 form) by September 30, 2019. The reporting requirement applies to all employers with more than 100 employees. The Component 2 requirement had been adopted during the Obama Administration but its implementation…

Kate Gold

Take That, Employers! California is Done (for Now) with this Year’s Legislative Thrashing

EEO-1 Component 2 Reports Are Still Due September 30, But….

California Supreme Court Hands Employers A Rare Victory, Trims Bloated PAGA Claims

California Supreme Court Hands Employers A Rare Victory, Trims Bloated PAGA Claims

EEOC Will Not Seek to Renew Component 2 (Pay and Hours Data) Requirements for Future EEO-1 Reports

New Guidance on EEO-1 Component 2 Data Submissions For Companies Involved in Corporate Transactions

EEOC Posts Forms and Guidance for New EEO-1 Reporting Requirements

The EEO-1 Saga Continues — An Appeal, Additional Requirements, and More…

EEOC Issues Statement Regarding EEO-1

Judge Orders Employers to Submit Pay Data on Revised EEO-1 Form by September 30, 2019

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