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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA) goes into effect January 1, 2021, and the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment adopted final regulations on November 10, 2020, regarding equal pay transparency. Since our last update, on December 18, 2020, the Division issued its Interpretive Notice and Formal Opinion #9 (INFO #9) in yet another effort to provide clarity arou...

EPT Rules). The EPT Rules, along with a  Statement of Basis, Purpose, Specific Statutory Authority, and Findings, were issued on November 10, 2020. Some of these new requirements have been vague, while others have been potentially contradictory. The latest INFO may cement Colorado as the most aggressive state in the nation on pay transparency. The EPT Rules, the Statement of Basis, and INFO #9 mandates the following for employers: 1.   Requirement to Post Promotional Opportunities. An emplo...

Key Provisions in the 2021 NDAA for Government Contractors, December 11, 2020, Jon Williams ‘Tis the season for holiday cheer and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA, commonly referred to as “must pass” legislation, is a key legislative vehicle that Congress uses each year to address a wide variety of issues, from defense spending to small business contracting matters. And this year is no different. Based on the recent Conference Report, the 2021 NDAA heading to the P...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Equal pay provisions The Equal Pay for Equal Work Act consists of two parts. The first part prohibits employers from paying employees differently for substantially similar work on the basis of their sex (or their sex in combination with other protected categories) unless the pay differential falls into one of the six statutory exceptions. Employers can avoid liability by demonstrating  each of the following: That the disparity is ba...

    Among the most significant employment-related bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly during its 2019 legislative session was Colorado’s new Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA). The Act, which will go into effect January 1, 2021, for all public and private employers in Colorado, imposes equal pay obligations extending beyond those of the federal Equal Pay Act (EPA). The EPEWA is intended to “ensure that employees with similar job duties are paid the same wage rate regardless of...

Hawaii Tuesday, December 15, 2020 As we (thankfully) reach the end of 2020, we wanted to provide a year-end update on recent and upcoming state law developments.  Despite the fact that state and local governments had their hands full with the COVID-19 pandemic (and passed many laws relating to that topic, which we will not cover here), they managed to crank out an impressive number of non-COVID-related employment laws. As always, now is a good time for employers to take a deep breath...

ColoradoBiz Magazine A guide to the better-known and lesser-known changes December 9, 2020 2021 is a year of excitement for many expecting to clear the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also a crucial year for Colorado’s employers, who must immediately work to understand the most massive changes to Colorado’s employment laws in recent history, which we have outlined below. The Better-Knowns Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB19-085) (EPEWA) is effective January 1, 2021. This act builds upo...