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ARTICLE · 14 MAY 2014

Business News Digest - May 2014

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President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order and a Presidential Memorandum intended to engender pay equality for women and minorities.

United StatesAntitrust/Competition Law

Edited by Jeffrey D. Knowles and Gary D. Hailey

Equal Pay: Revisiting Federal Contractor Compensation Practices and Policies

On April 8, 2014, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order and a Presidential Memorandum intended to engender pay equality for women and minorities. The Order prohibits federal contractors that generally have contracts exceeding $10,000 from retaliating against employees who choose to discuss their compensation. The Memorandum directs the Department of Labor to propose a rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to submit summary compensation data to the DOL, including data categorized by sex and race. The data, write venable attorneys Rebecca E. Pearson, Megan H. Mann, Melanie Jones Totman, Christina K. Kube, Elizabeth A. Buehler, and Anna E. Pulliam, will be used to develop tools to enhance both voluntary compliance with and enforcement of federal Equal Pay and Civil Rights laws. The DOL must issue the rule

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