Pay equity, the concept that gender differences should not affect compensation, is a concept easy to support, yet has been stubbornly hard to achieve. Federal law has become calcified in addressing the stubborn pay gap between men and women. State and local initiatives, along with private actors, have increasingly taken steps in the past year to address pay equity.
As Federal Progress Stalls, State, Local and Private Initiatives March Towards Pay Equity
By McDermott Will & Emery and Evan A. Belosa on August 10, 2017