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equal pay
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Washington State Makes Key Changes to Amend Equal Pay and Opportunities Act
Quick Hits Under SSB 55408, which amends the Equal Pay and Opportunities Act, Washington employers may now list a fixed pay amount instead of a wage range if only one…
Global Workplace Insider
Consultation on Ethnicity and Disability pay gap reporting.
In October 2024, the government released the draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill, outlining its plan to implement mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for larger employers. On 18…
Employment Law Worldview
“Work of equal value” – if apples and pears were jobs (EU)
2023’s EU Directive 2023/970 to “strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and…
Employment Law Watch
Key workplace changes for Illinois employers in 2025
Increases to minimum wage Effective January 1, 2025, the minimum wage rate in Illinois increased by $1 per hour from $14.00 to $15.00. The minimum wage for tipped workers and…
Municipal Minute
Day Ten: The New Year Countdown – The Equal Pay Act
This year, Municipal Minute will be counting down to the New Year with updates on legislation that will be effective starting on January 1, 2025. Public Act 103-0539 made several…
The Employer Report
The Future of Equal Pay in Europe: Spotlight on the UK and the EU Pay Transparency Directive
By Caroline Burnett, Lorren Martin, Rob Marsh
Equal pay is an increasingly high profile issue for employers with a noticeable rise in equal pay claims in the private sector in the UK. This was underscored recently in…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
UK Retail Workers Win Landmark Equal Pay Case
Quick Hits In 2018, in-store sales consultants, who are predominantly female, argued that their work was of equal value to Next’s predominantly male warehouse-based workers. Next argued that the difference…
Global Workplace Insider
What’s Next for equal pay law?
By Emily Bailey
An analysis of the landmark victory for female retail consultants against British retailer Next plc Introduction More than 3,500 current and former female retail consultants have won a six-year legal…
Angela Reddock-Wright Blog
ARW Joins KBLA Talk 1580’s First Thing’s First with Dominique DiPrima to Discuss Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is a day of observance intended to bring awareness to the pay inequities Black women face in the United States. According to sources, more than…
Employment & Labor
Key Developments In Equal Pay Litigation: Maintaining Privilege Over Pay Equity Audits And Investigations
By: Matthew J. Gagnon Seyfarth Synopsis: Government agencies and private plaintiffs’ counsel alike send a clear message: employers must take pay equity seriously. One way employers can address this message is…