Pay Data Solicited by Administration to Advance Equal Pay

On January 29, 2016 President Obama announced his Administration was taking further action to advance equal pay goals for all workers by seeking better insight into discriminatory pay practices across industries and occupations. This proposal will require employers with 100 employees or more to annually collect summary pay data by gender, race, and ethnicity, and provide such information to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Jenny Yang, chairwoman of the EEOC said, “Too often, pay discrimination goes undetected because of a lack of accurate information about what people are paid.” (Read More)