A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall: Pay Equity Disputes Ready To Explode

In deference to Bob Dylan, while you may not need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, employers quite often rely on employment lawyers to help them recognize an approaching legal storm and how best to prepare for it. Today, this weatherman is forecasting a coming pay equity storm. To best prepare, below are four changes to New York's Equal Pay Act, along with four tips for employers who seek shelter from the storm through good compliance practices.

Over the years, a chronic wage gap between male and female workers has been the subject of countless workplace studies. And while laws designed to address the disparity – like the federal Equal Pay Act – have been passed, women continue to lag men in wages, according to many reports. In recent months, however, legislative and other developments portend change, and for those in New York State, that change is already here. Following California, which enacted statutory amendments to strengthen its equal pay act,