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Category: Compensation

Biden Administration Proposes Pay Range Disclosure Rule for Federal Contractors

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council has proposed a new pay transparency rule that would require federal contractors to disclose pay ranges for all open jobs on or in connection with covered federal contracts. Two years after President Biden issued an Executive Order calling for pay transparency in federal contracting, the Biden Administration published its proposal in the Federal Register on January...
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Category: Compensation

Colorado Issues Regulatory Guidance on Its Recently Amended Pay Transparency Law

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has issued regulatory guidance on the state’s recently amended and highly prescriptive Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The amendments go into effect January 1, 2024. Since 2021, the law has required covered employers operating in Colorado to: (1) include pay ranges in job postings for all jobs that could be performed in the...
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Category: Compensation

Recent Equal Pay Case Illustrates How Federal and State Law Outcomes Can Vary

A recent equal pay discrimination ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit serves as a reminder that a court can reach different outcomes depending on whether it is applying federal law or a more expansive state law. In Eisenhauer v. Culinary Institute of America, a female professor for the Culinary Institute of America sued under both New York...
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

Goldman Sachs Settles Long-Running Pay Discrimination Case for $215 Million

In one of the largest pay discrimination settlements in history, Goldman Sachs has agreed to settle with 2,887 women who worked for the company during the applicable time periods. Under the agreement, more than 60 percent of the $215 million settlement would go to class members, and more than $79 million would go to attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses. The...
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Category: Compensation

Equal Pay Act Ruling by Federal Circuit Harmonizes Law on “Prima Facie” Case

In a recent ruling under the Equal Pay Act (EPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit applied the same standard for establishing a prima facie case to suits arising from the federal sector as courts use for EPA cases arising in the private sector. While the decision in Moore v. United States, (Fed. Cir. April 28, 2023), involves...

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