As part of the Biden administration’s effort to keep pay equity in the forefront as a domestic policy priority, the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a set of 10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that reiterate longstanding employment law principles on the role of pay history in employment decisions. OFCCP issued the FAQs on January 29, 2024, the same day that the Biden White House announced that the agency would issue guidance “to help federal contractors and current and prospective contractor employees understand when reliance on an individual’s compensation history for hiring or pay decisions may result in unlawful discrimination.”
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