The main differences are that the current law:
- also prohibits race-, or ethnicity-based wage discrimination;
- eliminates the requirement that the jobs that are compared must be located at the same establishment;
- replaces a comparison of “equal” work with a comparison of “substantially similar” work;
- makes it more difficult for employers to justify unequal pay based on sex, race, or ethnicity;
- adds new express anti-retaliation protections for workers that assist employees with bringing claims under the Act;
- provides that an employer cannot prohibit workers from disclosing their wages, discussing the wages of others, or inquiring about others’ wages;
- prohibits employers from relying solely on an employee’s prior salary to justify the sex-, race-, or ethnicity- based pay difference
October 2018
Tags: California