Calif.'s Fair Pay Act: Practical Advice For Employers

Law360, New York (December 10, 2015, 11:00 AM EST) -- As widely reported, beginning on Jan. 1, 2016, employers will need to adapt to California's new Fair Pay Act (SB 358), which was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Oct. 6, 2015. Existing law already prohibits employers from paying employees lower wages than paid to employees of the opposite sex when they perform equal work that requires equal skill, effort and responsibility, under equal conditions at the same establishment. The new Fair Pay Act, however, is more employee-friendly because it relaxes the burden that employees need to meet to show that they are receiving unequal pay, and narrows the defenses available to employers....

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