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Illinois Expands Equal Pay Act and Bans Inquiries about Job Applicants’ Wage Histories

By Patrick J. Rocks, Kathryn Montgomery Moran & Julia S. Wolf on August 9, 2019

An amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act expands the Act’s scope and prohibits employers in Illinois from requesting information about a job applicant’s prior compensation. House Bill 834 passed both houses of the Illinois General Assembly, and was signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker on July 31, 2019, as Public Act 101-1077. The new law takes effect on September 29, 2019. Please click here to read the full article about this amendment. …

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New Jersey Passes New Salary History Ban

By Amanda E. Steinke & James M. McDonnell on August 7, 2019

New Jersey has enacted a new law prohibiting employers from seeking or relying on job applicants’ salary history. Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver (acting on behalf of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy) has signed legislation that prohibits employers from requesting or relying on a job applicant’s salary history in hiring and pay-setting decisions. The law will take effect on January 1, 2020. A.B. 1094 comes a year after New Jersey’s passage of the New Jersey Equal…

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New York Governor Kicks Off U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s Ticker-Tape Parade with Equal Pay Legislation

By Stacey A. Bastone on July 17, 2019

On the heels of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s World Cup win, Governor Andrew Cuomo on July 10, 2019, signed into law two bills that expand New York’s existing equal pay laws. In enacting two of the three equal pay bills passed by the New York Legislature, New York joins other states in expanding the bases for compensation discrimination claims and restricting salary history inquiries. (E.g., Colorado Enacts Comprehensive Equal Pay Law and Alabama Passes …

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Data System Security Info and File Specifications Added to EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting Website

By Laura A. Mitchell on July 12, 2019

As July 15th draws closer, EEOC and NORC are ramping up for opening of the EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data reporting portal. As part of these efforts, they are consistently providing new information on the reporting obligation. Please find the rest of this article on our Affirmative Action & OFCCP Law Advisor blog here.…

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Additional Insights on the New Updated EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Materials

By Laura A. Mitchell & F. Christopher Chrisbens on July 3, 2019

As we previously reported, on July 2, EEOC updated the its newly created website with long-awaited materials regarding the obligation of employers with 100 or more employees (or contractors with 50 or more employees) to submit pay data and hours worked data as part of the annual EEO-1 reporting obligations. Please find the rest of this article in our Affirmative Action & OFCCP Law Advisor blog here.…

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EEO-1 Pay Data Alert: EEOC Adds Materials and FAQ Answers to Website

By Laura A. Mitchell & F. Christopher Chrisbens on July 3, 2019

As we approach the July 15 date on which EEOC expects to open the portal to file EEO-1 Component 2 pay data reports, EEOC has at long last provided us with guidance materials: https://eeoccomp2.norc.org/faq.html. Please find the rest of this article in our Affirmative Action & OFCCP Law Advisor blog here.…

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California Pay Data Reporting Advances: EEOC May Not Be Alone for Long

By Christopher T. Patrick & Susan E. Groff on July 2, 2019

The recent focus on the EEOC’s new Component 2 to its EEO-1 Report has been undeniable. It requires employers report on the race, ethnicity, sex, job type, pay, and hours worked data of its employees. OMB approved this data collection during the Obama Administration. Then, under President Donald Trump, the OMB reversed course, staying the obligation. In response, the National Women’s Law Center sued to reinstate it. Earlier this year, the District Court…

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New York Adopts Laws Aimed at Combating Salary Inequality and Race Discrimination

By Jonathan L. Bing, Richard I. Greenberg & K. Joy Chin on June 24, 2019

In the final days of its 2019 Session, the New York State Legislature passed three bills that, respectively, will bar employers from inquiring about applicants’ past salary history, prohibit wage differentials based on protected class status, and ban race discrimination based on an employee’s hair or hairstyle. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to sign these bills. Please find the rest of this Jackson Lewis legal update here.…

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EEOC On Schedule to Open Component 2 Reporting July 15, 2019

By Laura A. Mitchell on June 17, 2019

In its most recent status update, filed with the court as ordered by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, EEOC is reporting it and NORC are on schedule to open the EEO-1 Component 2 pay data reporting tool on July 15, 2019. Please find the rest of this article in our Affirmative Action & OFCCP Law Advisor blog.…

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EEO-1 Component 1 Down … Component 2 Pay Data Up Next

By F. Christopher Chrisbens on June 14, 2019

The May 31, 2019, deadline for filing EEO-1 Component 1 race-and-gender data has come and gone. The portal for filing Component 1 data will remain open for several more months, however, and there are no fines or penalties for filing late. EEO-1 Component 2 pay-and-hours-worked data is due by September 30, 2019 (the same day federal contractor VETS-4212 reports are due). However, employers will find nothing on EEOC’s website regarding Component 2. For now, only…

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Illinois Expands Equal Pay Act and Bans Inquiries about Job Applicants’ Wage Histories

New Jersey Passes New Salary History Ban

New York Governor Kicks Off U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s Ticker-Tape Parade with Equal Pay Legislation

Data System Security Info and File Specifications Added to EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting Website

Additional Insights on the New Updated EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Materials

EEO-1 Pay Data Alert: EEOC Adds Materials and FAQ Answers to Website

California Pay Data Reporting Advances: EEOC May Not Be Alone for Long

New York Adopts Laws Aimed at Combating Salary Inequality and Race Discrimination

EEOC On Schedule to Open Component 2 Reporting July 15, 2019

EEO-1 Component 1 Down … Component 2 Pay Data Up Next

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