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February 27, 2020
9th Circ. Says Past Salary Can't Excuse Sex-Based Pay Gaps
Employers can't justify sex-based pay disparities by showing salaries are based on past earnings, the en banc Ninth Circuit said Thursday, reiterating one of the late U.S. Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt's last opinions after the U.S. Supreme Court wiped it out.
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April 09, 2018
Salary History Can't Shield Equal Pay Claims, 9th Circ. Says
Employers fighting claims under the federal Equal Pay Act can't rely on workers’ past salaries to justify paying women less than men, the Ninth Circuit ruled en banc Monday in an opinion Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote before his death last month.
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December 12, 2017
9th Circ. Tackles Prior Salary Rule In Equal Pay Battle
An en banc Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday appeared open to reconsidering its 32-year-old ruling that an employer is protected from Equal Pay Act claims if it bases a new hire's pay entirely on her prior salary, but several judges seemed torn about what rule should replace it.
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November 28, 2017
EEOC Wants In On 9th Circ. Pay Bias Rehearing
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked on Monday to participate in an upcoming Ninth Circuit rehearing of a ruling allowing a California school district's policy of paying workers based on their past salary, having previously argued the decision undermines the Equal Pay Act.
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August 30, 2017
Full 9th Circ. To Hear School Employee's Equal Pay Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday agreed to rehear en banc a math consultant's pay discrimination case against a California school superintendent after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and others chimed in that the school's pay policy undermines federal compensation law.
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May 24, 2017
EEOC, Other Amici Push 9th Circ. To Rethink Equal Pay Ruling
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and advocacy groups asked the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its ruling overturning an employee's win in her salary case against a California school superintendent, saying in briefs entered Wednesday the school's pay policy perpetuates what the law sought to undo.
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May 05, 2017
9th Circ. Ruling Deepens Debate Over Equal Pay Act
A Ninth Circuit decision last month exposed a divide among circuit courts over whether the federal Equal Pay Act allows basing an employee's salary on pay history alone, further fueling ongoing policy debates about closing the gender pay gap.
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April 27, 2017
9th Circ. Panel Remands Fresno School Equal Pay Ruling
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday vacated a lower court's order denying a California school superintendent's bid for a quick win on an Equal Pay Act claim in a suit from a female employee saying she was paid less than her male counterparts, punting the case back to the lower court to rethink tossing the bid.