Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee, who ascended to the corner office when former Governor Gina Raimondo was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under the Biden administration, last week signed legislation mandating equal pay across the Ocean State. The Pay Equity Act prohibits an employer from paying wages to any employees at a rate less…
Read More »As always seems to be the case, there’s much happening on a broad array of issues in New York. First off just last week, Cuomo gave his approval and signed a new law that will give some small businesses the right to cure a default and thereby avoid costly fines in many regulatory first-offense cases.…
Read More »It seems timely for us again to advise of a number of new laws and changes to existing laws that will be taking effect within the next few weeks. In that vein, we advise owners with interests in the following states read on: Alabama, Maine, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. As to the changes, The Oklahoma…
Read More »As we advised a few weeks ago, there are an array of new laws taking effect over these summer months and we want to be sure that you are aware of the impending changes. So, those of you with business interests in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, North Dakota, Washington and Texas may want to keep reading.…
Read More »The US House Rules Committee announced last week that it was scheduling a committee meeting for amendments and discussion of HR 7, the so-called Paycheck Fairness Act, on March 25. The legislation, as currently drafted, would require employers across the country to demonstrate that any and all pay disparity between a man and a woman…
Read More »The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this week ruled that Fresno County could not pay an individual female employee less than a male counterpart because of the woman’s lower salary history. An 11-judge panel of the San Francisco-based court unanimously ruled that doing so would violate the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 and…
Read More »The Golden State became the latest in a number of cities and states that are looking to ensure gender pay equality through restrictive mandates on employers. Earlier in October, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 168, which prohibits employers from asking prospective employees about their salary history. Under the new edict (effective January 2018),…
Read More »Our friends at the law firm of Morgan, Brown & Joy advise us that effective this past Tuesday, October 31, 2017, New York City joined the ranks of the salary inquiry cities by amending the New York City Human Rights Law to make it an “unlawful discriminatory practice” for employers to inquire about the salary…
Read More »The democrat-controlled New Jersey legislature this week sent two initiatives to republican lame duck Governor Chris Christie, term-limited out of office this year after two terms. AB3480, which would ban employers from inquiring into a job applicant salary history, was approved by the Senate earlier this week by a party-line vote of 30-9. AB 4927…
Read More »As we’ve advised over recent months, under the banner of pay equity, many more cities and states have begun prohibiting employment questions about an applicant’s salary history and that ripple continues. Most recently, the state of Delaware has joined the list of those banning any salary history questions! But now comes California, which long ago…
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