The federal Equal Pay Act (EPA or Act) mandates that employers provide “equal pay for equal work regardless of sex.” The Act has four exceptions, one of which allows unequal pay when the employer bases the disparity on the nonspecific, broad standard of “any other...
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DOL Issues New “Overtime” Rule
On September 24, the DOL issued a new overtime rule, hiking the salary cutoff for workers to be classified as exempt from overtime pay from $23,660 ($455/week) to $35,568 ($684/week). The new rule takes effect on January 1, 2020. There are four significant aspects to...
Tips for Preventing Unequal Pay Practices
In recent posts, we covered the legal duties of Kentucky employers under state and federal law to compensate women and men equally for comparable work, noting several legal exceptions. As we explained, if a pay differential between men and women is illegal, an...
Part 2: How does Kentucky law treat unequal pay between genders?
In part 1 of this post, we talked about the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s lawsuit alleging that its employer, the U.S. Soccer Federation, paid team members less than members of their male counterpart, the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team. In that blog, we...
Part 1: Biggest unequal pay story in the news: Women’s soccer
The U.S Women’s National Soccer Team (WNT) recently won the World Cup against the Netherlands. But right behind the win, the media has widely covered the lawsuit filed in March by 28 of the female soccer players against its employer, the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF)....
