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The Trend Continues: NYC Passes Salary History Ban In a move anticipated for months, and a day after Equal Pay Day, the New York City Council approved a salary history ban making it illegal for any employer or employment agency in New York City to inquire about a job applicant’s salary history and employee benefits in the interview process. The bill was first introduced on August 16, 2016, in an attempt to prohibit employers from inquiring about a prospective employee’s sal...Continue reading

UPDATE: Philadelphia's Wage Equity Bill Set to Go into Effect on May 23, 2017 DETAILS: Mayor Jim Kenney signed the Philadelphia Wage Equity Bill into law on January 23, 2017. It will take effect on May 23, 2017, and be codified in the Philadelphia Code at Sections 9-1103((1)(i) and 9-1131. The new law is designed to address pay inequities affecting primarily women and minorities, as reflected in U.S. census data on wages. The new law makes it illegal for employers in the City... of Philadelphia to inquire about wage history, require disclosure of wage history, condition employment on the disclosure of wage history or retaliate against an applicant for failing to respond to an inquiry about wage history. Inquiries and wages are broadly to defined to effectuate its remedial purpose. There are two narrow exceptions: first, if an applicant knowingly and willingly discloses a prior wage to an employer, then the employer may rely on the applicant’s wage history in determining the wage for the position to which the applicant is applying, second, the Ordinance does not restrict an employer from inquiring about or otherwise using wage history if a separate federal, state or local law specifically authorizes the disclosure or verification of wage history for employment purposes. The new law requires employers to revise employment applications and processes for interviewing applicants, negotiating and setting compensation and verifying prior employment to ensure that there is no obligation to disclose salary and benefits history. The law includes a posting requirement, and the City plans to provide a poster on its website along with answers to FAQs before May 23, 2017. http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx See more

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Our offices will be closing at 3:00 pm on Friday September 2, 2016, and also closed on Monday September 5, 2016 in observance of Labor Day. The offices will be open for normal hours on September 6th.