The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a new report titled “Fair Labor Standards Act: Better Use of Available Resources and Consistent Reporting Could Improve Compliance” during a House Education and Labor Committee hearing held...
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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsSen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) has introduced the Fair Pay Act of 2008 (S. 2945) requiring that time limits for filing pay discrimination claims begin to run when the employee “knew or should...
by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn April 23, 2008, the Senate voted 56-42 to block debate on the Fair Pay Restoration Act, a bill that would reverse the controversial Supreme Court ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber
On January 24, 2008, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing on S. 1843, the “Fair Pay Restoration Act,” a bill that would overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co....
On September 11, 2007, the California State Senate passed AB 437, which clarifies that the time period for alleging pay discrimination claims runs from the date of each payment there is a discriminatory wage. The bill, which passed with a vote of 22...
by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsUPDATE: The bill passed on July 31, 2007.The House of Representatives is reportedly scheduled to vote on “The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007” on Monday, July 30, 2007. This bill, H.R....
David Cohen, DCI Consulting Group, Inc., will serve on a panel with other well known compensation experts on Friday, August 24, 2007 at the ILG Conference in New York. The panel session is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Other compensation...
by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsUPDATE: The House bill passed on July 31, 2007.On July 20, 2007, a bipartisan group of fourteen Senators introduced a bill (“The Fair Pay Restoration Act”) to overturn the Supreme Court’s...
by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn July 11, 2007, the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing on The Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338). This bill, which was introduced by Rep. Rose DeLauro (D-CT), now...