Remove 2015 Remove Compliance Remove Data Remove Discrimination
article thumbnail

How Serious are OFCCP Equal Pay Penalties? Very.

Trusaic

The Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) just won a significant equal pay victory against WMS Solutions, LLC, a staffing company focusing on asbestos abatement. 2015-OFC-00009 (June 17, 2015). Of the $960,905 that the company must pay, $179,907 must go to remedy pay discrimination.

article thumbnail

“Just Pay It”: The Nike Lawsuit, Gender Pay Gap & Pay Equity

Trusaic

They have also requested a court-appointed monitor to ensure compliance and for the women who left due to alleged discrimination to be reinstated. What is emerging from this process is the very real and challenging issue that gender discrimination and the gender pay gap present to companies. It appears so.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

LinkedIn Settlement Demonstrates Need For Accurate Pay Equity Audits

Trusaic

In the case, DOL asserted that LinkedIn harbored “systemic gender-based pay discrimination,” or in other words, paid women less than men who performed comparable work. These women held engineering, product, and marketing positions at the company between 2015 and 2017. . billion Microsoft acquisition.

article thumbnail

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Reaches $8.5 Million Pay Gap Settlement

Trusaic

Computer information technology company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise reached a settlement regarding allegations of pay discrimination late last week. 1,735 female employees who worked at the company’s California offices from 2015 onward will be awarded compensation ranging from $500 to $17,000 each. agreed to pay $1.45

article thumbnail

Why Diversity Hiring Is Important

ExactHire

And now, more than ever, everyone seems committed to dismantling discrimination. Most business owners think of diversity in the workplace in terms of the compliance regulations imposed by the federal government. In both the 2015 and 2018 reports, McKinsey delivered bad news to companies with poor diversity.

article thumbnail

Lawsuit Prompts LinkedIn To Sign California Equal Pay Pledge

Trusaic

LinkedIn announced on October 19th that it would become the latest business to sign the California Equal Pay Pledge, following the million-dollar settlement reached with the Department of Labor (DOL) for alleged pay discrimination while not admitting fault. . In May of this year, LinkedIn decided to settle. The agency’s argument?

article thumbnail

‘Impossible Demands’ Lead to Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

HR Daily Advisor

Larry lost his job at the federal courthouse in 2015 over what he claims were “impossible demands” made in connection with his treatment for sleep apnea. Chapter 151B, the state law prohibiting employment discrimination, including discrimination based on a disability.