California Pay Data Reporting: New Web Page and 10 FAQs for Employers That Report to the DFEH
Friday, February 5, 2021
On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a pay data reporting requirement for employers that assigns responsibility for collecting such data to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). To assist employers with this filing requirement, the DFEH recently established a web page and published answers to a a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) that address several topics related to the upcoming filings, which are due no later than March 31, 2021. The DFEH published its FAQs in four waves, publishing the first on November 2, 2020, and the most recent on February 1, 2021. The FAQs answer several important questions, including: which employers are subject to the filing requirement; how employees in and out of California are treated for purposes of determining filing jurisdiction; and which employees must and may be included in these filings.