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Activist Shareholder Proposals and HCM Disclosures Pivot to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in 2021

by Mike Delikat and Jessica R. L. James
9 minute read | March.24.2021

Since 2015, pay gap disclosure has been front and center on the activist shareholder proposal landscape from an employment and workforce perspective.

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DFEH Issues Guidance on California’s New Pay Data Reporting Requirements

by Erin M. Connell, Kathryn G. Mantoan and Necia Hobbes
6 minute read | December.04.2020

California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) has issued new guidance on the pay data reporting law enacted in September (see our ...

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Ready, Set, Respond: OFCCP Issues Final Rule on Evidentiary Standards and Predetermination Notice Procedure

by Erin M. Connell, Gary Siniscalco and Jessica R. L. James
5 minute read | November.13.2020

On November 5, 2020, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) issued a final rule defining the evidentiary standards it will use ...

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Just a SEC – Agency Adopts New Rules Impacting Pay Equity Shareholder Proposals

by Mike Delikat, Jessica R. L. James and William J. Foley
4 minute read | November.09.2020

On September 23, 2020 the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to 17 C.F.R. § 240.14a-8 (“Rule 14a-8”), raising the bar for ...

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California Becomes First State to Require Employers to Report Employee Pay Data By Race and Gender

by Erin M. Connell and Necia Hobbes
1 minute read | October.01.2020

On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newson signed SB 973, making California the first state to require employers to submit employee pay ...

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6 Key Ways the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 Would Revise the CCPA

by Amanda Lawrence and Sherry-Maria Safchuk
10 minute read | September.25.2020

Despite all the significant privacy safeguards ushered in by the CCPA, additional legislation is in the works in the form of the California Privacy ...

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EEO-1 Resurrected: California May Be First State to Revive the EEOC’s Pay Data Reporting Form

by Erin M. Connell and Necia Hobbes
5 minute read | September.02.2020

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and a nationwide push towards greater equality, transparency and accountability, the California ...

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The Solution to Resuming Civil Trials in California During the Pandemic: Agree to Less Jurors

by Robert Shwarts
September.01.2020

In this Law.com article, partner Rob Shwarts calls for the legal system to mobilize behind reducing the number of required jurors for civil trials to ...

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California District Court Kicks Out U.S. Women’s National Team’s Equal Pay Claims

by Jill Rosenberg and Jessica R. L. James
4 minute read | May.21.2020

A California district court dealt a blow to the U.S. Women’s National Team’s (WNT) equal pay case on May 1, granting partial summary judgment to the ...

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ARB Said, He Said: Secretary of Labor Announces New Oversight of Administrative Decisions

by Kathryn G. Mantoan and Jessica R. L. James
4 minute read | March.31.2020

On March 6, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia published Secretary’s Order 01-2020, which is among the first of his management decisions ...

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EEOC Confirms It Will Discontinue EEO-1 Pay Data Collection

by Erin M. Connell, Jessica R. L. James and Necia Hobbes
6 minute read | March.23.2020

Today, the EEOC formally confirmed that it will not renew its request for authorization to collect employer’s pay data under Component 2 of the EEO-1 ...

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California Executive Order Allows Businesses To Assert An “Unforeseeable Business Circumstances” Exception to California WARN Act For Events Caused By COVID-19; Notice Must Be As Soon As Practical.

by Nicholas J. Horton
2 minute read | March.23.2020

California maintains its own “mini” WARN Act, Labor Code section 1400, et seq., which requires employers with 75 or more employees to give 60 days’ ...