Pay Equity Demystified: Practical Legal and Statistical Considerations

Orrick Senior Associate Kathryn G. Mantoan will speak as part of a webinar presented by the State Bar of California.

This program is a non-technical discussion of the legal and statistical considerations bearing on pay equity claims under federal and California law, including issues and challenges regarding how to properly identify and measure pay disparities.  Topics covered will include:

• The current legal and regulatory landscape of pay equity under federal and California law – from the point of view of both an employee-side and management-side attorney
• A non-technical primer on the role of data and statistics from a labor economist
• Hypothetical case study of a pay equity charge, employer response, and the role of a labor economist
• Best practices for employers conducting proactive compensation assessments

Additional speakers: Lori E. Andrus, Andrus Anderson LLP and Paul F. white, Resolution Economics Group, LLC