Pay Equity & Pay Analyses

• Privileged, Proactive Pay Audits – Designing and conducting privileged, proactive pay analyses to identify unexplained pay gaps and assess compliance with federal, state and local equal pay laws.
• Making and Messaging Equity Adjustments – Providing strategic and practical guidance regarding how best to make, and message, pay adjustments to address unexplained pay disparities and minimize the chance of “blow-back” claims.
• Defending Pay Discrimination Claims – Defending employers in OFCCP, EEOC, and other agency enforcement proceedings, and litigation brought under Title VII, the Federal Equal Pay Act, Executive Order 11246, as well as state and local equal pay laws, including serving as counsel in many of the largest systemic pay cases brought by federal enforcement agencies.
• Changes to Pay System Design and Administration – Counsel regarding the design and administration of, and changes to, pay systems to enhance legal compliance and minimize liability.
• Rapidly Expanding & Changing Pay Laws – We are on the cutting edge of the growing patchwork of international, federal, state and local equal pay laws that pose unique compliance challenges for employers.
• Shareholder Demands for Pay Parity & Pay Transparency – For publicly-traded companies, providing strategic counsel to respond to activist shareholder demands for pay parity and pay transparency for shareholders, employees and the public.
• Effective Pay Equity Training – Providing education and customized training for the C-suite, the compensation team, talent acquisition professionals and management regarding pay equity developments and best practices.

We are at the forefront of the rapidly evolving area of pay equity. We provide clients with legal counsel and strategic and practical guidance.