May 29, 2018
Both the city of Philadelphia and the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia are asking the Third Circuit to review a recent decision that partially blocked a local ordinance aimed at addressing pay equity by barring employers both from asking about a job applicant's salary history and using salary histories to set wages.
April 30, 2018
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday blocked Philadelphia from implementing a key element of an ordinance that aims to eliminate the wage gap for women and minorities, saying a provision preventing companies from asking applicants about their salary history violated an employer's free speech rights.
February 01, 2018
A lawyer for the city of Philadelphia on Thursday pushed a Pennsylvania federal judge for a hearing and discovery to fight off the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia's bid to halt an ordinance that would bar employers from asking applicants about their pay history.
September 15, 2017
The Women's Law Project and a host of other groups on Friday urged a Pennsylvania federal court to not block a recent Philadelphia law barring employers from asking applicants about their pay history, saying the ordinance addresses the gender wage gap without hurting businesses.
September 11, 2017
The city of Philadelphia urged a federal judge on Friday to reject efforts by a local business group to block a controversial new law that would bar employers from asking prospective workers about their salary histories.
July 10, 2017
A coalition of business groups on Friday threw their support behind a bid from the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia to stop a new city ordinance barring employers from asking about a prospective worker’s salary history, saying it will make hiring harder and more expensive.
June 13, 2017
The Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia on Tuesday renewed its challenge to a new city ordinance barring employers from asking about a prospective worker's salary history, two weeks after its complaint was tossed by a federal judge.
May 30, 2017
A federal judge on Tuesday agreed that the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia needed to identify an impacted business before it could bring a lawsuit challenging a new city ordinance barring employers from asking about a prospective worker's salary history.
May 02, 2017
The city of Philadelphia told a federal judge Monday that a regional business group did not have standing to challenge a new ordinance that seeks to address gender-based pay disparities by barring employers from inquiring about a prospective worker's salary history.
April 10, 2017
Philadelphia's recently passed law barring employers from asking job candidates for their salary histories wasn't the first in the U.S., but it will be the first such measure to be challenged in court — a legal battle experts say will hinge on how far governments can go in regulating commercial speech and may set the tone for future litigation over pay-history laws elsewhere.