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Maine Joins California in Push for Enforcement of Employment Laws

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Specifically, the bill aimed to provide workers with the ability to enforce laws governing employment practices and prohibiting workplace discrimination. Critics argue against the potential burden on state and judicial resources given that advocacy groups would be allowed to do the enforcement. 1711) in June. Supporters of L.D.

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Pay Gaps and Pay Disparities, What’s the Difference?

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Simply put, a pay gap refers to a difference in compensation between two classes of individuals: a reference class, which is a member of the highest-paid group, and an individual from a group compensated less. Distinguishing between the two was critical and it also signaled to X Corporation where pay discrimination was happening.

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U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Wins Fight for Pay Equity

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Soccer Federation for gender pay discrimination. It wasn’t until 2019 that the group grew to 28 and they sued the U.S. Soccer Federation for gender discrimination. Five years ago, several players of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) sued the U.S. The post U.S.

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Pay Equity Audits are Key to Combating Racial Injustice in the Workplace

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Cullors’ words, as well as an article in the Harvard Business Review, reinforce the point that organizations seeking to fight racial discrimination must do more than tweet words of support—they must act. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has online guidance for employers for addressing racial discrimination in the workplace.

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Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Oregon Professor Equal Pay Claim

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At the outset of its opinion, the Court acknowledged that higher learning may present a unique set of obstacles for claimants seeking redress for gender-based wage discrimination: “When applied to a university setting, the notion of ‘equal pay for equal work’ has unique complexities that are not found in other institutions.”

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Don’t Gamify Your Pay Equity Analysis

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Division differences in pay were just another name for gender discrimination. Similarly, the City differences in warehouse pay served to mask pay differences between white and non-white workers. Grouping to minimize disparities ignores and violates these requirements. . Adding “Division” masked those disparities.

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Four Actionable Strategies for Achieving Pay Equity

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For women of color and other historically marginalized groups, we still have months to go. Technically, pay discrimination has been illegal for more than 60 years, but differences in education, experience level, skillset, and more made it challenging to recognize discrimination, much less prove it.