State Pay Equity Compliance for Employers: Addressing Pay Gaps and Conducting Privileged Pay Audits
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE course will guide employment counsel through the national patchwork of pay equity statutes and discuss recent trends in state equal pay laws, including a detailed analysis of the language and responsibilities of these laws.
Outline
- Definition of the pay gap and how it differs from pay equity
- The substantial similarity standard
- Conducting privileged pay audits
- Best practices for employers and counsel to address potential pay equity issues between employees
Benefits
The panel will review these and other hot topic issues:
- What are the variations in state pay equity laws?
- What groups are protected by pay equity laws?
- How can employers determine whether their hiring and pay setting practices are lawful?
- What steps can employers take to address potential pay equity issues?
Faculty

Stacey A. Bastone
Principal
Jackson Lewis
Ms. Bastone assists companies in the preparation of affirmative action plans for federal contractors including job... | Read More
Ms. Bastone assists companies in the preparation of affirmative action plans for federal contractors including job group analyses, EEO-1 classifications, utilization analyses, compensation analyses and adverse impact analyses.
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Kathryn G. (Katie) Mantoan
Of Counsel
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Ms. Mantoan is Of Counsel in Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation group, working across the San Francisco and... | Read More
Ms. Mantoan is Of Counsel in Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation group, working across the San Francisco and Portland offices. She focuses on high-stakes employment litigation, compliance counseling, and litigation avoidance measures. Ms. Mantoan's practice has a particular emphasis on complex class actions and developing areas of the law including pay equity and pay transparency, and she co-chairs Orrick's Pay Equity Task Force.
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Christopher T. Patrick
Principal
Jackson Lewis
Mr. Patrick's practice focuses on equal employment opportunity, including proactive pay equity analyses, compliance... | Read More
Mr. Patrick's practice focuses on equal employment opportunity, including proactive pay equity analyses, compliance with regulations promulgated by the Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Programs (OFCCP), statistical analyses of potential discrimination in employment practices, and defending employment practices in OFCCP audits and investigations.
CloseEarly Discount (through 07/14/23)
Cannot Attend August 9?
Early Discount (through 07/14/23)
You may pre-order a recording to listen at your convenience. Recordings are available 48 hours after the webinar. Strafford will process CLE credit for one person on each recording. All formats include course handouts.