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HR Alert: Amended Pay Transparency Law Goes Into Effect September 17th

Written by Lisa Coppola on August 31, 2023. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

As we previously shared, New York’s pay transparency law is set to take effect on September 17, 2023. Earlier this year, state lawmakers amended the impending law to clarify what types of jobs are covered by the law while...

HR Alert: Stop Asking About Salary History Now!

Written by Lisa Coppola on December 30, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

We’re reminding New York employers that the State’s ban on asking prospective employees about their salary history goes into effect on January 6, 2020. This means employers no longer are permitted to rely on a prospect’s...

HR Alert: Second Circuit Addresses Pay Equity Claims Under Title VII

Written by Lisa Coppola on December 10, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment.

By now, responsible employers know they can’t pay employees differently based solely on gender. Under federal law, employers must follow the Equal Pay Act as well as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which broadly...

HR Alert: NY’s Pay Equity Law Now In Effect

Written by Lisa Coppola on October 11, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment. 1 Comment

Effective October 8, 2019, New York Labor Law § 194 prohibits employers from paying employees who are a member of a protected class less than employees outside of that protected class to perform the same or substantially similar...

HR Alert: Don’t Ask About Salary History (& Other New Employee Protections in New York)

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 12, 2019. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship. 1 Comment

Effective January 6, 2020, New York employers no longer may rely on a prospect’s salary history to determine his or her pay. Governor Cuomo signed bills into law with this and other employee protections during the U.S....

HR Alert: Can Employers Use Compensation History To Justify Wage Disparities Between Men & Women?

Written by Lisa Coppola on March 11, 2019. Posted in Business, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

The United States Supreme Court has reversed a landmark decision that would have prevented employers from relying on an employee’s compensation history to justify pay disparities between men and women. The Supreme Court did...

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