Sex discrimination guidelines

April 14, 2015 has been identified as National Equal Pay Day – the day which symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.

President Obama has made fighting pay discrimination a top priority of his Civil Rights Agenda. He has recently taken several executive actions

OFCCP announced today proposed regulations which would replace its Sex Discrimination Guidelines.  What’s new?  First, the rules would create new obligations whereas the Guidelines were “interpretations and guidelines” regarding Executive Order 11246’s prohibition of sex discrimination.  Second, given the Guidelines were issued 40 years ago, a lot has changed.  Among other topics, OFCCP says the