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Pay Transparency
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Pay Equity Advisor Blog
Virginia’s New Pay Transparency Law
By Adam L. Lounsbury, Teresa Burke Wright
Virginia has adopted a pay transparency law that prohibits employers from discharging or taking any other retaliatory action against an employee for discussing wages or compensation with another employee. The…
Law and the Workplace
New York State Department of Labor Publishes Guidance on Salary History Inquiry Law
By Arielle E. Kobetz, Alex Downie, Evandro Gigante
The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has published guidance on the state’s salary history inquiry law, which went into effect on January 6, 2020. As we previously reported,…
All in a Day's Work: The Employer's Legal Guide
Virginia Employment Law Changes: Looking Back at 2019 and Ahead at 2020
By George W. Ingham, Amy Folsom Kett, Jim Conlin
As sophisticated employers know, an employer must track and comply with developments not only in federal law, but also state and local law. This blog post details key changes in…
Pay Equity Matters: Mind the Gap
Pennsylvania May Soon Require Employers To Disclose Pay Ranges To Applicants And Employees
Pennsylvania May Soon Require Employers To Disclose Pay Ranges To Applicants And Employees The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently introduced a bill that would amend the commonwealth’s Equal Pay Law…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Employment Law Checklist Project: Thou Shall Not Prohibit Employees From Talking About Their Salary
At our Shipman & Goodwin Labor & Employment Law seminar last week, one of the hot topics that got attendees talking was about minimum wage & overtime rules -- both…
Pay Equity Advisor Blog
Colorado Passes Comprehensive Equal Pay Law
By Laura A. Mitchell, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed what is one of the toughest enhanced state pay equity laws to date. Colorado has become the tenth state in the country to pass…
Pay Equity Advisor Blog
Washington Adds Pay History Ban, Transparency Requirements
Washington is the latest state to pass additional pay equity protections. One year after enacting the 2018 Equal Pay and Opportunity Act, which included an array of enhanced pay equity…
Canadian Labour and Employment Law
Salary History Bans Sweep The US, While Most Global Efforts To Close The Gap Target Transparency
By George Avraam, Susan MacMillan
To mark International Women's Day, we're pleased to share an article from our US colleagues on recent efforts to close the gender pay gap, including salary history bans in the US and global efforts toward…
Pay Equity Advisor Blog
Colorado Equal Pay Law Introduced
On January 17, 2019, Colorado Senate Democrats introduced the “Equal Pay for Equal Work Act” (SB 19-085) to prohibit a wage differential based on an employee’s sex. The bill also…
Global Workplace Insider
Ontario Delays Pay Transparency Act Coming Into Force
The Ontario government has delayed the coming into force of the Pay Transparency Act (the Act) from January 1, 2019 to “a day to be named by proclamation of the…