State and Local Pay Transparency Laws: Increasing Legislation, Varied Jurisdictional Requirements, Compliance Challenges
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the ever-increasing state and local pay transparency laws that are currently enacted as well as legislation that is soon to take effect. The panel will discuss the varied jurisdictional requirements and offer best practices for assisting employer clients with compliance.
Outline
- Introduction: increasing pay transparency legislation
- Notable state/local pay transparency laws and varying requirements
- California
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New York
- New York City
- Others
- Pending legislation
- Employer impact
- Multistate employer challenges
- Best practices for compliance
Benefits
The panel will review these and other important considerations:
- What is the purpose of pay transparency laws?
- What states and municipalities currently have pay transparency laws of which counsel should be aware?
- What states have pay transparency laws going into effect soon? What states are considering this legislation?
- What are some notable differences in requirements by jurisdiction?
- What are best practices for compliance for multistate employers?
Faculty
Christopher T. Patrick
Principal
Jackson Lewis
Mr. Patrick partners with employers on practical solutions to ensure equal employment opportunity (EEO), including... | Read More
Mr. Patrick partners with employers on practical solutions to ensure equal employment opportunity (EEO), including counseling on affirmative action, pay equity and transparency, and diversity. In short, he develops actionable strategies under privilege that identify and eliminate unseen barriers to EEO in personnel practices—often informed by trends in employee data. Mr. Patrick’s work focuses on developing affirmative action programs, proactive pay analyses, diversity analyses, statistical evaluation of employment practices, and defending U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Programs (OFCCP) compliance reviews. He has successfully guided many federal contractors through hundreds of OFCCP audits, including Corporate Management Compliance Evaluations, on-site investigations, focused reviews, compensation scrutiny, and hiring discrimination investigations. Mr. Patrick also provides advice and counsel related to potential risks of reduction in force, latent liabilities in target acquisition employment practices, and other analytics in the context of client mergers, acquisitions, and other restructuring.
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Joy C. Rosenquist
Special Counsel
Littler Mendelson
Ms. Rosenquist has had an illustrious career in the public and private sectors for the past two decades, most recently... | Read More
Ms. Rosenquist has had an illustrious career in the public and private sectors for the past two decades, most recently serving as the assistant chief counsel for the state of California. She has litigated matters in state and federal court, defending multiple departments and agencies in the public sector throughout her career. Ms. Rosenquist has practiced labor and employment litigation and advice and counsel work for the past 11 years at the state, with a recent emphasis on implementation of executive orders and related mandates, and oversight of regulation practice and drafting trailer bill legislation. She serves as a California liaison for Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute. Ms. Rosenquist focuses on California state legislative and regulatory developments in employment and labor law, as well as municipal ordinances and regulation of the workplace. She assists the employer community in understanding and impacting California legislation before it becomes law.
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