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  • California Announces Pay Data Reporting Portal Will Open by February 15, 2021

    California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) continues to advance toward the March 31, 2021 pay data collection deadline.  When SB 973 was passed in September, DFEH had six months to develop and implement a data collection system that could accomplish the task.  It is delivering.  DFEH issued its first guidance on November 2...… Continue Reading
    January 13, 2021
  • California Issues Additional Guidance on What Pay Data Reports will Require

    The deadline for employers to comply with California’s pay data reporting requirement (Senate Bill 973) and submit pay data to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is March 31, 2021. The DFEH has launched an information page that provides needed clarity on certain obligations and has issued additional guidance on the pay data report’s contents — largely... Continue Reading
    December 3, 2020
  • California Issues Additional Guidance on What Pay Data Reports will Require

    The deadline for employers to comply with California’s pay data reporting requirement (Senate Bill 973) and submit pay data to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is March 31, 2021. The DFEH has launched an information page that provides needed clarity on certain obligations and has issued additional guidance on the pay data...… Continue Reading
    December 3, 2020
  • California Issues Guidance on New Pay Data Reporting Requirements But Leaves Some Questions Pending

    At the end of California’s 2020 legislative session, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 973 (SB 973), which created pay data reporting requirements for employers starting in March 2021. However, the new legislation left some uncertainty for employers in several areas. The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) promised in mid-October that it would be...… Continue Reading
    November 10, 2020
  • California Issues Guidance on New Pay Data Reporting Requirements But Leaves Some Questions Pending

    At the end of California’s 2020 legislative session, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 973 (SB 973), which created pay data reporting requirements for employers starting in March 2021. However, the new legislation left some uncertainty for employers in several areas. The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) promised in mid-October that it would be... Continue Reading
    November 10, 2020
  • Pay Data Reporting: California is the Tip of the Spear

    In a continued effort to reduce gender and racial pay gaps, on September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 973, which creates massive pay reporting requirements for employers.  In 2021, certain California employers will be required to submit annual information on its employees’ pay data by gender, race, and ethnicity to...… Continue Reading
    October 1, 2020
  • Pay Data Reporting: California is the Tip of the Spear

    In a continued effort to reduce gender and racial pay gaps, on September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 973, which creates massive pay reporting requirements for employers.  In 2021, certain California employers will be required to submit annual information on its employees’ pay data by gender, race, and ethnicity... Continue Reading
    October 1, 2020
  • Another Year, Another Reduced Veteran Hiring Benchmark

    Under 41 CFR 60-300.45, OFCCP must publish the “national percentage of veterans in the civilian labor force” for contractors to use as a “hiring benchmark.”  OFCCP’s initial veteran hiring benchmark (in 2014) was 7.2% .   Every year since, this percentage of available veterans has decreased.   This year, the veteran hiring benchmark decreased again – from... Continue Reading…
    April 20, 2020
  • OFCCP’s New Scheduling Letters Result in Few Changes for Contractors

    As we previously reported, OFCCP finally received approval of its new scheduling letters – and as a result federal contractors and subcontractors will be required to submit some additional information when selected for a Department of Labor compliance review.  So, what’s new?  As it turns out, not much.  Most of the most significant changes in... Continue Reading…
    April 9, 2020
  • OFCCP Receives Push Back on Proposed “Religious Freedom” Protections

    In August, OFCCP issued a proposed new rule to clarify aspects of a religious exemption available to federal contractors.  According to OFCCP, the rule is intended to provide clarity regarding the scope and application of the existing religious exemption consistent with the evolving landscape of religious freedom- based legal developments, including Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colo. Civil... Continue Reading…
    September 27, 2019

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