Pay Equity Laws

On Monday of this week, the New Jersey Legislature gave overwhelming final approval to a gender pay equity bill that will be one of the strongest in the nation. Governor Phil Murphy (D) is expected to sign the measure, NJ A1/S104. The act will prohibit unequal pay for ‘substantially similar work’ and provides that employees…

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Follow Iceland?

Well, at least on the idea of mandating equal pay and eliminating the so-called pay gap, former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suggests the United States follow Iceland’s lead in mandating equal pay. Iceland became the first country to make it illegal to pay different amounts to men and women with a new law that took…

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