On September 30, 2020, the California legislature passed SB 973, California’s pay equity data law. The law, codified under Government Code section 12999, requires certain employers with.
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California has a new pay data reporting law, and covered employers must submit the first set of data to the state by March 31, 2021. The new law, known as SB 973 and codified as California Government Code section 12999, applies to private California employers with 100 or more employees,
with at least one employee in California. Covered employers must submit pay and hours-worked data by establishment, job category, race, ethnicity and sex (“pay data”) to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). The first submissions are due on March 31, 2021, and similar data will be due annually thereafter.
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Pursuant to Government Code Section 12999, employers of 100 or more employees, and at least one California employee, must report pay and hours worked data by establishment, job category, pay band, sex, race, and ethnicity to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). The deadline to do so is
March 31, 2021 and annually on every March 31 thereafter. In enacting this legislation, the Legislature noted that hidden bias exists and is encouraging self-assessment of pay disparities along gendered, racial, and ethnic lines to encourage voluntary compliance with equal pay and anti-discrimination laws.
Who Must Report Pay Data? “Employer” and “Employee” Defined
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While California employers have had to vigorously monitor employment law changes relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, California Governor Gavin Newsom also signed several additional employment laws, which are not related to the pandemic.
State minimum wage increased. The state minimum wage is now $13/hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees and $14/hour for employers with 26 or more employees. This increase may affect whether certain employees are exempt from overtime compensation, one requirement of which is that the employee is paid a monthly salary equivalent to no less than two times the state minimum wage.
By Grace Barbic & Capitol News Illinois
• Jan 27, 2021
Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, takes questions on the floor of the Bank of Springfield Center where the Illinois House hosted its lame duck legislative session from Jan. 8-13. Harper was the sponsor of several economic equity measures backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus.
Credit Justin Fowler, State Journal-Register
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing “Lame Duck Look Back” series in which Capitol News Illinois is following up on the major bills that passed both chambers of the General Assembly in the Jan. 8-13 lame duck session.
SPRINGFIELD – Among the many measures passed in the lame duck legislative session earlier this month was a bill preventing employers from discriminating against people with criminal conviction histories.