Dr. Kayo Sady, Associate Principal Consultant at DCI, is lead author of a recently published pay equity chapter in an edited volume on wage and hour research entitledWage and Hour Law: Guide to Methods and Analysis. The chapter covers concepts of...
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April 19, 2018
April 18, 2018
As pay equity issues have gained traction in the media, it has become more important now than ever to have access to the most recent state and international pay equity laws. As part of our efforts to provide the most accurate and updated resources,...
April 12, 2018
In April 2017, the “Gender Pay Gap 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017” legislation was enacted in the UK, requiring employers with at least 250 employees to analyze their gender pay gap according to specific criteria (more...
Over the past few decades, pay equity has become a hot topic and priority for social justice advocates, enforcement agencies, and savvy employers. Typically the pay gap is defined as the difference in men's and women's median earnings, but for...
March 01, 2018
A recent study by Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) provides an illuminating example of the nuance required in interpreting gender wage gap numbers. In collaboration with researchers from Stanford and University of Chicago, Uber released the...
February 11, 2018
Recently, in some OFCCP audits and private litigation, the Agency and plaintiffs’ statistical experts have applied a Human Capital Theory (Becker, 1975) approach when evaluating compensation disparities between different subgroups. According to...
February 10, 2018
On January 10th, the California Pay Equity Task Force approved the substance of several draft documents that provide guidance to employers on complying with the California Equal Pay Act (CEPA) in light of amendments enacted over the past several...
February 09, 2018
Pay equity continues to be a topic to discuss! For example, numerous states have recently issued new pay equity laws or strengthened their existing ones (for example, California, Maryland, New York, and Oregon, to name a few). This emphasis is also...
February 02, 2018
Bank of America (BoA) sent a memo recently to its employees stating that all employees will be prohibited from asking job candidates about their prior salary starting March 2018. Bank of America deemed this policy as another step toward bridging the...
October 20, 2017
DCI Principal Consultants Mike Aamodt, Lisa Harpe, and Murray Simpson have authored a white paper with DCI President David Cohen titled The Science, Art, and Whimsy of Making Salary Adjustments Following a Proactive Pay Equity Study. David...
October 16, 2017
On October 15th, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a pay equity report that would require employers with 500 or more employees to file a statement with the Secretary of State with information on gender wage differentials.
The AB-1209 bill...
August 21, 2017
The Industry Liaison Group’s National Conference was held August 1-4th in San Antonio, Texas. This conference brings together federal contractors, Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and...
