Category: Equal Pay

Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Philadelphia Salary History Question Ban

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On February 6, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in Greater Philadelphia Chamber Commerce v. City of Philadelphia (Nos. 18-2175 & 18-2176) that the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, could ban employers from asking applicants their salary history in a decision that …

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Equal Pay Discrimination Lawsuits Will Make Employers Focus on Salary History Question Bans in 2020

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Several businesses settled equal pay discrimination lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for thousands of dollars in 2019 which will cause employers to focus more on salary history question bans that promote equal pay in 2020, according to the “ESR Top Ten Background …

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Healthcare Firm to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Equal Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 22, 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – the federal agency enforcing laws prohibiting employment discrimination – announced that Interim Healthcare of Wyoming will pay $50,000 to settle an equal pay discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC that claimed female nurses were paid …

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EEOC Files Equal Pay Lawsuit against Nursing Home for Paying Female Nurse Less than Male Nurses

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 19, 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – the agency that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – filed an equal pay discrimination lawsuit that claimed a nursing home in Missouri violated the Equal Pay Act (EPA) of 1963 by allegedly paying a …

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Employers Must Submit EEO-1 Compensation Data for 2017 and 2018 to EEOC by September 30

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – the agency enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – has told employers that they must submit EEO-1 Compensation Data for 2017 and 2018 to the EEOC by September 30, 2019, through an online portal at https://eeoccomp2.norc.org. As ordered by …

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EEOC Files Pay Discrimination Lawsuit against Packaging Company for Allegedly Paying Female Less than Male for Same Job

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 30, 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – the agency enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – filed a pay discrimination lawsuit that claimed a packaging company violated federal law by allegedly paying a female senior employee less money than it paid a …

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New Jersey Bans Salary History Inquiries by Employers to Promote Equal Pay

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 25, 2019, Acting New Jersey Governor Sheila Y. Oliver signed Assembly No. 1094 into law to prevent employers from asking about wage and salary history of workers to combat this discriminatory practice and promote equal pay and gender equity, according to a press release on …

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EEOC Files Wage Discrimination Lawsuit Claiming University Paid Female Professor Less than Male Counterpart

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 29, 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – the agency enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination – filed a wage discrimination lawsuit that claimed the University of Miami violated federal law by paying a female professor at the school less than a male …

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Illinois Governor Signs Legislation to Prohibit Employers from Asking Job Applicants About Salary History

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 31, 2019, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation – House Bill 834 – that will prohibit employers from asking applicants about salary history to ensure equal pay for equal work while standing steps away from the headquarters of the U.S. Soccer Federation which continues to …

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Toledo OH Passes Pay Equity Act to Prohibit Salary History Inquiries by Employers

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 26, 2019, the City of Toledo, Ohio approved Ordinance 173-19 or the “Pay Equity Act to Prohibit the Inquiry and Use of Salary History in Hiring Practices in the City of Toledo” to prohibit employers from inquiring about the past salary history of job applicants …

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