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Fair Pay
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Focus on Regulation
Executive Order — Fair Pay and Safe Workspaces: New contractor responsibilities and the continued expansion of labor law requirements
By Agnes Dover, Tom McGovern, Danielle Berti, George W. Ingham
On 31 July 2014, President Obama signed an executive order titled “Fair Pay and Safe Workspaces,” which will require that contractors applying for certain new contracts in 20161 disclose all…
The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
Executive Order–Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces
On July 31, 2014, President Obama signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Under the Order, offerors on procurement contracts, where the estimated value exceeds $500,000.00, will be…
OSHA Law Blog
Breaking News: President Obama Signs “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order”
In the latest of a series of recent Executive Orders signed by the President relating to federal contractors, the President yesterday signed the “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order.” For details…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
Hot Topic: Pay Equality Legislation
By Sara Rankin
Lately, there's been a lot of attention directed to the need for pay equality legislation. Yesterday, this attention took center stage on the Senate Floor. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid…
Pensions and Benefits
Switzerland’s 1:12 Initiative Failed but the Debate for Pay Equality Continues
By Abby Brown
On November 24, 2013, Swiss voters soundly voted down (65.3% to 34.7%), a proposal to limit the pay of companies’ highest paid managers to 12x that of their lowest paid rank-and-file…
Employment Law Watch
“Pay Now Or Pay Much More Later,” Warn Federal and State Governments
May 28th marks the anniversary of the effective date for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first bill signed into law by President Obama. The Act sparked renewed focus…
GT L&E Blog
New Jersey Enacts New Pay Equality Poster and Notice Law
By Wendy Lario
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie recently signed into law Assembly Bill No. 2647. This bill requires New Jersey employers with 50 or more employees (total number employed – not just…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Consumer Voice solicits signatures in support of fair wage regulations for home care workers
Submit Your Comments to the Department of Labor - Support Giving Home Care Workers Minimum Wage and Overtime; Respond to Consumer Voice By February 27 at Noon ET Currently about…
Employment & Labor
Second Circuit Finds Releases Limit Application of Fair Pay Act’s Retroactivity Provisions
By Rebecca Bjork and Chris Palamountain The Plaintiffs' class action bar has made much of the retroactivity provisions of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which provide that…
Employment & Labor
Congress and President Obama Trump the Supreme Court: Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Signed Into Law
In his first significant act as President in the labor and employment arena, President Obama effectively overturned the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber…