March 19, 2025
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Category: Compensation

Trump Revokes Biden’s Federal Contractor Minimum Wage

A new executive order from President Trump on March 14 revoked the increase to the federal contractor minimum wage implemented by the Biden Administration. Trump’s order, entitled “Additional Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions,” revokes Biden’s E.O. 14026, which increased the minimum wage for covered federal contractors to $15 an hour beginning in 2022 with annual adjustments for inflation. The federal...
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February 06, 2025
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Category: Compensation

CWC’s Filing Guide for California’s 2024 Pay Data Reporting Requirements

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its Filing Guide for meeting California’s annual pay data reporting requirements. The updated guide covers the rules for filing the report for 2024, which is due May 14, 2025. This guide provides tips on the steps that a covered company should follow when pulling the data for...
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January 15, 2025
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Category: Compensation

Massachusetts Publishes Filing Details for February 1st EEO-1 Reporting Requirement

Massachusetts has issued FAQs explaining employers’ obligation to report workforce data under the state’s new Salary Range Transparency Act. Under the law, employers with 100 or more employees in Massachusetts must submit a copy of their most recent EEO-1 Report to the state annually by February 1 (or the next business day). This year they will be due February 3. The FAQs explain...
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January 14, 2025
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Category: Compensation

Biden Administration Withdraws Proposed Federal Contractor Pay Transparency Rule

The Biden Administration has withdrawn its proposed federal contractor pay transparency regulations. The regulations would have prohibited federal contractors from considering job applicants’ compensation history and would have required contractors to disclose the compensation for work on federal contracts in their job advertisements. The Biden Administration has also withdrawn the government-wide procurement policy, adopted in response to Executive Order 14069, on which the...
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November 07, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

FTC Fines Employer Over Allegedly Misleading Job Ads

The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to a $2.1 million settlement with a rideshare company over advertising practices that the Commission deemed “misleading or deceptive,” the FTC announced October 25. Specifically, the FTC alleged that some of the company’s advertisements to recruit drivers featured unrealistic earnings potential and others included misleading promotions language. The settlement serves as a reminder that—in addition to...
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October 02, 2024
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Category: Compensation

DOL Announces Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Rates To Increase on January 1, 2025

The minimum wage rates for work performed on some government contracts will increase January 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor announced September 30, 2024. The rate on government contracts subject to President Obama’s Executive Order 13658—which governs government contracts entered into, renewed, or with options exercised before January 30, 2022—will increase from $12.90 to $13.30. The rate on contracts...
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September 25, 2024
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Category: Compensation

What CWC Members Need To Know About the EU Pay Transparency Directive

CWC members that have workers in any of the 27 European Union countries will have to comply with extensive pay transparency and reporting requirements beginning in 2026. Employers’ obligations under Directive 2023/970 (the Pay Transparency Directive) depend on the number of workers they have in the EU and the member states in which they work. For any employer with at...
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September 10, 2024
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Category: Compensation

Private Right of Action Fuels Pay Transparency Litigation in Washington State

Washington state’s pay transparency law has generated a lot of litigation against employers since it took effect in 2023. Unlike most other state pay transparency laws, Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA) contains a private right of action that permits employees and job applicants to sue employers for alleged infractions. Based on the impact of the controversial Washington law...
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August 20, 2024
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Category: Compensation

Massachusetts Latest State To Require Pay Ranges in Job Postings

Massachusetts has become the latest state to require covered employers to post salary ranges in their job listings. H.4890, signed into law by Governor Healey on July 31, 2024, will require employers with 25 or more employees in Massachusetts to disclose pay ranges in job postings and provide a pay range to employees to whom they offer a transfer or...
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May 22, 2024
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Category: Compensation

CWC’s Updated “Talking Points” Guide on DOL’s New White Collar Overtime Regulations

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has written new Talking Points to help CWC members educate their managers and supervisors about the 2024 revisions to the Labor Department’s white-collar overtime regulations. These updated Talking Points supersede the Talking Points that CWC prepared in 2019 when DOL last revised the regulations. The new regulations increase the...
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