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The Equal Pay Act, the federal law mandating that women and men receive the same pay for the same work, has been in place since June 10, 1963, yet gender pay equality remains elusive. Under the Equal Pay Act, an employer must pay men and women equally for equal work. Equal pay includes not just …

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Ban the Law Box

On September 15, 2020, Hawaii Governor David Y. Ige signed Senate Bill 2193 (SB 2193) into law to amend the state’s original “Ban the Box” law passed in 1998 – the first of its kind in the United States – to strengthen protections for ex-offenders by reducing the ten-year “look back” period for conviction records. …

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Employers which use background checks in their hiring process without obtaining written authorization may wish to review their practices. The California Supreme Court has rejected an argument that employers could not reconcile the state’s two background check laws: the Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) and the Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (CCRAA). The Court concluded that …

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