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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 around the job posting and pay transparency provisions of EPEWA. These provisions have generated the mos...

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 employer must make reasonable efforts to announce, post, or otherwise make known all opportunities for pr...

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 President will contain numerous provisions that will impact contractors doing business with the feder...

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 based on (1) a seniority system; (2) a merit system; (3) a system that measures earnings by quantity o...

    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 sex” and reflects the Colorado General Assembly’s response to findings that the wage gap betwee...