The Right And Wrong Measures Of Diversity and Inclusion
There’s an overall awareness in the working world, now, where discrimination and wage disparity are merely two of the issues coming to light that...
Banning Salary History: One Step Toward Establishing Pay Equity
Anyone who has ever completed a job application remembers the dreaded portion requesting salary history. It was a trap, really, as potential employers were...
How Serious are EEOC Age Discrimination Charges? Very.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a government agency charged with enforcing federal civil rights laws, such as the Age Discrimination in Employment...
U.K. Race and Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting Obligation to Be Debated...
Effective 2017, the United Kingdom requires employers with over 250 employees to report on their gender pay gaps. While that obligation is currently suspended...
Swiss Require Equal Pay Audits with Third Party Verification
Switzerland recently took a major step forward in ensuring pay equity for Swiss workers. Effective July 1, 2020, amendments to the Swiss Gender Equality...
How Serious are OFCCP Equal Pay Penalties? Very.
The Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) just won a significant equal pay victory against WMS Solutions, LLC, a staffing company...
Pay Equity Audits are Key to Combating Racial Injustice in the Workplace
“What is the impact of not being valued? How do you measure the loss of what a human being does not receive?”
This quote is...
The “Employment Shock” of COVID-19 Is Worse for Women
COVID-19 has created severe and lasting consequences for businesses. One of the most overlooked ramifications of the pandemic may be its impact on working...
Pay Equity Laws Abroad are Rapidly Evolving. U.S. Employers Should Take Note
Pay Equity is increasingly becoming a major operational imperative for businesses at home and abroad. Achieving Pay Equity means eliminating unlawful discrimination from the...
San Francisco DA Cracks Down on DoorDash in New Complaint
In an explosive court filing on June 16, the District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco alleged that the app-based delivery...
EEOC to Employers: Be Proactive on Addressing Instances of Age Discrimination
A number of federal, state, and local laws make it illegal to discriminate against a job candidate or employee on the basis of age....
Lessons Learned from Oracle’s Equal Pay Saga
Oracle’s equal pay saga illustrates how a proactive pay equity strategy is better than adopting a reactive approach—to the tune of millions of dollars,...
How Pay Equity Audits Can Help Companies Avoid Racial Discrimination
As the historian Howard Zinn said, “you can’t be neutral on a moving train.” The waves of community outreach, protests, and activism following the...
LGBT Rights Decision: What it Means and What to Do
It was a momentous and watershed moment in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States when the opinion was announced on...
Has 50 Years of Equal Pay Legislation Done Enough to Level the Playing Field?...
Bound by a red ribbon, it is tucked away in the United Kingdom’s Parliamentary Archives. The paper on which it is printed is yellowing...
Under COVID-19, Progress Toward Gender Equality in the Workplace is at Risk
New data suggest that the economic downturn associated with COVID-19 has disproportionately affected women. A pair of articles in the Economist and Bloomberg News...
