01-23-2025 1:00 PM EST

For more than 60 years, the Federal Equal Pay Act (EPA) has been the law of the land. In accordance with the EPA and other federal statutes, covered employers are required to pay equal wages for substantially similar jobs. However, pay inequities persist. Legally, pay equity means that employees should receive equal pay regardless of their race, gender, ethnicity, age, religion, or any other factor unrelated to their job duties. It ensures that employees who perform the same or similar jobs are paid equitably. Because several states and localities have also enacted laws requiring pay equity, employers face the challenge of monitoring and complying with a myriad of regulations.

The EEOC, OFCCP, and plaintiff attorneys are serious, and employers are responding by making necessary changes to company policies and conducting privileged pay equity audits. A pay equity audit has several objectives: identifying internal pay disparities, uncovering pay disparities among comparable positions within the general market area, and finding disparities between company locations.

Please join Sheila Abron, attorney at law and pay equity expert, as she discusses current federal law, state pay equity requirements, and the potential future of EEO-1 reporting. She will also provide step-by-step guidance on best practices for organizing and conducting pay equity audits, along with a path forward following your results.

What You’ll Learn 

In this highly informative webinar, Ms. Abron will discuss:

• The Equal Pay Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and other related federal legislation currently under consideration
• State pay equity legislation enacted in California, New York, Massachusetts, and other states
• The long-anticipated return of Component 2 Report to EEO-1 Reports
• Examples of actual state pay equity reports that might serve as a model for the expected Component 2 Report
• Company policies to implement to help curtail pay equity concerns
• Guidance for organizing a pay equity audit
• Explaining in a practical sense what pay equity is and how it applies
• Pay audit questions to anticipate
• Implementing necessary changes based on the audit results