Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination –announced that a University in Texas would pay $46,000 in damages and furnish other relief to settle an EEOC equal pay discrimination lawsuit, according to an EEOC press release.…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 16, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that a school district in Wisconsin will pay $450,000, raise salaries of female teachers paid less than male colleagues, and furnish other relief to settle an EEOC equal pay discrimination lawsuit, according to a press release…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 10, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) launched a social media video campaign called “Level The Paying Field” to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act (EPA) of 1963 that “prohibits sex-based wage discrimination,” according to a press release from the EEOC.…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn American business magazine and global media company Forbes has issued a three-part series that examines United States legislation that may impact background screening in 2023. “Part One” focused on clean slate legislation, “Part Two” covered pro-marijuana legislation, and “Part Three” looked at pay transparency laws. “Part One”: In…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 11, 2023, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on “Advancing Pay Equity in Governmentwide Pay Systems” proposing revisions to the criteria for making salary determinations based on salary history to advance pay equity in jobs for the United…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 13, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Annual Performance Report (APR) that “highlights the EEOC’s efforts during a time of increasing demand,” according to an EEOC press release. In…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn International Women’s Day (IWD) – which takes place worldwide every year on March 8th to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women – is a call to action for accelerating women’s equality which also includes promoting equal pay for women who perform the same types…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 1, 2023, California Senate Bill 1162 (SB 1162) took effect and will require employers in the state with 15 or more employees to include the “pay scale” for a position in any job posting and will also require them to provide an employee with the pay…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 30, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that two leading auto dealerships in Baltimore County, Maryland, will pay $62,500 and furnish other relief to settle a pay discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the EEOC, according to a press release from the EEOC.…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to advance gender equity including Senate Bill 1162 (SB 1162), which “requires the disclosure of salary ranges on job listings and expands pay data reporting requirements,” according to a press release about SB 1162 on the Governor’s website.…
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