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Salary.com Compensation & Pay Equity Law Review

Roundup: EEOC guidance on harassment; Supreme Court looks at whether job transfers can be discrimination; Skills for the future; CA Workplace Violence Prevention Act; Tax and Donating PTO

Newsletter volume 1.24 October 23, 2023

Salary.com Compensation and Pay Equity Law Review

Welcome to Salary.com's Compensation and Pay Equity Law Review.

Our editor, employment lawyer Heather Bussing, is tracking legislation, cases, and analysis to give you the latest critical HR topics.

This week we're answering the questions:

  • What can we do to prevent and address harassment at work?
  • Can a job transfer where the pay is the same be discrimination?
  • What skills will we need in the future and how do we start now?
  • Do restraining orders prevent workplace violence?
  • Does anything prevent workplace violence?
  • Are you really asking your employees to donate paid leave to others?
  • What are the tax consequences for donating paid leave?
October 17th, 2023

Making Room for Difference Works Better Than Harassment

Harassment based on the fact that someone likes brussels sprouts or is cheering for the awful team in sportsball is probably legal. But teasing or commenting about things that upset people or are designed to exclude is still a weasel move and often an abuse of power.

"Don't harass other people" does not seem like an overly complex or difficult thing. But it is really hard to write and apply laws about because humans.

Enjoy this great post by Robin Shea on recognizing, preventing, and addressing harassment and the EEOC's new guidance. .

October 18th, 2023

Keeping the Pay the Same Is Not Always Enough for Job Transfers

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether lateral job transfers, with no change in pay or benefits, violate federal civil rights law if done for discriminatory reasons. too.

October 19th, 2023

While We're Naming Skills, Let's Figure Out the New Ones We Need Too

Defining the skills we use now and the ones we will need down the line is a big deal, with big words like taxonomy and ontology.

Here's how to make sense of it and what's at stake.

October 20th, 2023

Will California's New Workplace Violence Prevention Law Protect People?

I'm glad states are beginning to address workplace violence. But making a law that outlaws conduct that is already illegal, asks employers to come up with their own plans, and offers restraining orders as the solution may not provide the protection that victims truly need.

October 23rd, 2023

Employees Should Not Have to Donate Leave After Disasters

If an employer wants to donate to a cause, donate. Employers have far more resources to give than employees. Helping people who need it is good. And all employees need paid leave.

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