MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Since Colorado passed its pay transparency law in 2021 requiring employers to include salary information in their job postings, several other state and local jurisdictions have followed suit. To help our members stay on top

The Supreme Court of California has ruled that a third party vendor performing screening services on behalf of an employer can be sued directly for discrimination under the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.

The Supreme Court of California has rejected an interpretation of the state’s Private Attorney Generals Act by the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting that it is the California courts, not the U.S. Supreme Court, that have the ultimate authority to interpr

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of notable state and local workplace compliance law developments summarizes actions that have been taken since our last update in June.

Amendments to Colorado’s comprehensive pay notification law that are scheduled to go into effect at the beginning of next year are a mixed bag for covered employers, as our memo explains.

Seizing upon the Supreme Court’s recent ruling barring the consideration of race in college admissions, the Republican Attorneys General of 13 states have signed a letter sent to Fortune 100 companies putting them on notice that their DEI practices a

In one of the relatively rare decisions issued by a federal appeals court interpreting the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Second Circuit addresses the key term “operating unit.”

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of state and local workplace compliance laws covers developments that have occurred since our last update in April.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of state and local workplace compliance laws covers new developments that have occurred since our last update in February.

The EEOC has modified its worksharing agreement with the California Civil Rights Department in a way that suggests an employer may have to deal with a separate investigation conducted by each agency stemming from the same charge.

The City of New York has issued long-awaited implementing regulations under its complex new artificial intelligence bias audit law. Covered NYC employers now have less than three months to come into full compliance.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. CWC is pleased to present an updated version of our California Pay Data Reporting Guide to assist members required to file for the upcoming 2023 reporting cycle. Our guide reflects 2022 amendments to the reporting requireme

Our latest update of state and local workplace compliance requirements covers new developments that have occurred since our last update in December 2022.

Two recent rulings by the Illinois Supreme Court interpreting the state’s controversial Biometric Information Privacy Act raise the stakes for covered Illinois employers that use biometric information.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. We’ve prepared a handy digest of all of the significant state and local workplace compliance developments that CWC reported on in 2022.

February 22 Web Workshop Scheduled. The California Civil Rights Division has posted new guidance consisting of updated FAQs, reporting templates, and User Guide to assist covered employers with their 2023 pay data reporting requirements. Please join

The Illinois Department of Labor has issued final regulations implementing 2021 amendments to the state’s equal pay law that require covered employers to submit employee pay information to the state in conjunction with applying for a mandatory “equal

Six months after the state legislature passed the bill, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has finally signed into law a measure that, starting this fall, will require covered state employers to include salary information in job postings.

Washington state’s Human Rights Commission has filed a formal complaint against a major airline alleging that the company’s dress code policy discriminates against a nonbinary flight attendant. Although this appears to be a case of first impression,

As a reminder to covered CWC members, the states of California, Washington, and Rhode Island all have new salary disclosure requirements going into effect on January 1, 2023.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update of recent state and local workplace compliance developments covers actions that have occurred since our last update in November.

The New York City Department of Consumer and Workplace Protection (DCWP) has announced that it will delay enforcement of the City’s controversial new artificial intelligence bias audit law from January 1, 2023, to April 15, 2023, due to the “high vol

In less than three weeks, covered employers in California will be required to start complying with the state’s sweeping privacy protection law as it applies to “employment-related information.”

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. Our latest update covers important state and local workplace compliance developments that have occurred since our last update in September.

California recently wrapped up its 2022 legislative session, but not before enacting several new laws that burnish the state’s reputation as a leader in imposing workplace mandates on private sector employers.