On September 30, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (“AB”) 979, which requires publicly held corporations headquartered in California to diversify their boards of directors with directors from “underrepresented communities” by December 31, 2021. This bill is similar to Senate Bill 826, signed into law in 2018, which required publicly held corporations headquartered in
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California Voters to Consider Repealing Proposition 209 in November
By Angel R. Sevilla & Pamela Palpallatoc on
Posted in Diversity
On June 25th the California State Senate passed a resolution to place a proposition on the November ballot to repeal Proposition 209 and amend the state constitution. Proposition 209 passed in 1996 and amended the state constitution to prohibit state governmental institutions from considering race, gender, or ethnicity, specifically in the areas of public…
California Pay Data Reporting Advances: EEOC May Not Be Alone for Long
By Christopher T. Patrick & Susan E. Groff on
The recent focus on the EEOC’s new Component 2 to its EEO-1 Report has been undeniable. It requires employers report on the race, ethnicity, sex, job type, pay, and hours worked data of its employees.
OMB approved this data collection during the Obama Administration. Then, under President Donald Trump, the OMB reversed course, staying the…
Closing the Unequal Pay Gap: California Releases Guidance to Employers on Complying with the California Fair Pay Act
By Hazel U. Poei & Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Since passing the California Fair Pay Act (“CFPA”) on October 6, 2015, California has remained a trailblazer in its efforts to address and decrease gender pay inequity. The CFPA requires all employers pay employees performing “substantially similar work” the same wage regardless of gender, ethnicity or race. The CFPA also requires employers to provide the…
Employers Required to Post Transgender Rights in the Workplace Posters
By Hazel U. Poei & Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Effective January 1, 2018, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) requires employers with 5 or more employees to post Transgender Rights in the Workplace Posters which may be accessed here. The posting obligation is not met by prior versions of the poster.
The Transgender Rights in the Workplace poster provides information…
Jackson Lewis Statement in Response to University of San Diego Law School Professor’s Op-Ed
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Written by Guillermo Escobedo and Kristen Silverman-Hunter
As an on-campus recruiter and scholarship donor at the University of San Diego School of Law, Jackson Lewis P.C. issues this statement in light of the ongoing debate surrounding Professors Lawrence Alexander and Amy Wax’s op-ed, “Paying the Price for the Breakdown of the Country’s Bourgeois Culture…