Salary.com Compensation & Pay Equity Law Review

Roundup: Pay equity audits; DOL AI in Hiring Framework; EU Pay Transparency Directive; Microdosing and legal issues; Open enrollment

Newsletter volume 2.42 November 04, 2024

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. She and Kent Plunkett, CEO of Salary.com, also have a new book out on Pay Equity, Get Pay Right: How to Achieve Pay Equity that Works !

This week we're answering the questions:

How often should you do a pay equity audit?
What might happen if someone rolled out a framework with resources and helpful information so that people could actually use it?
What's in the DOL's AI hiring framework?
Why is the EU's Pay Transparency Directive awesome?
Why can't more laws solve problems?
How do employers deal with microdosing mushrooms?
What happens when the right thing to do is legally problematic?
Why do they make federal elections and open enrollment at the same time?

October 29^th, 2024

How Often to Do a Pay Equity Audit

Here are the best times to do a pay equity audit, besides now of course.

October 30^th, 2024

DOL's AI Hiring Framework

The Department of Labor, along with some great help, has announced a 10 step framework for AI and Inclusive Hiring. Good for the DOL, They are thinking about risks of AI in hiring, getting input from groups representing people who may be harmed, and reminding employers that there are pros and cons in using AI assisted tools.

October 31^st, 2024

Pay Gap Reporting Coming the EU

The EU is taking a very big leap, although it is focused on gender pay gaps rather than race or other protected factors. The EU Pay Transparency directive is going to require employers to do pay equity audits and not only report the results,but also report why they pay people what they do.

November 1^st, 2024

Depression, Work, and Mushrooms

We want people dealing with depression to get effective treatment and feel better. It's good for them, for their families and friends, and for their employer. The problem is that federal drug laws are slow to keep up with state laws and medical research..

November 4^th, 2024

Legal Issues with Open Enrollment. Oh Joy!

The key to open enrollment is to call in the professionals to help. Your benefits providers are the first place to start. Also run any changes by legal. Then make sure your HR team is available to walk employees through the process. Here's a great resource with infographics and everything!.

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