California Just Forced Equal Pay For Female Surfers. Could That Change Other Games?September 9, 2018The World Surf League announced a new plan last week to pay men and women equal prize money. This came after an obscure state panel indicated that they would only lease the public beach for a competition if men and women were paid equally.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez"Equal Means Equal" DocumentaryOctober 9, 2017 | Chris RemingtonDocumentary filmmaker Kamala Lopez joins to discuss "Equal Means Equal" Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentCapitol Roundup: Employer Equal Pay Reporting, Reducing Crime For HIV TransmittalSeptember 8, 2017 | Sammy Caiola | Ben AdlerThe California Legislature moved forward Thursday on bills that would require employers to report on the pay gap between male and female employees, and to lighten the penalty for intentionally transmitting HIV. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Court: Employers Can Pay Women Less Based On Past SalariesApril 28, 2017A federal appeals court says employers can legally pay women less than men for the same work based on differences in the employees' previous salaries.
Women’s Rights Advocates Call On Employers To Play Role In Closing Gender Pay GapApril 4, 2017 | Sally LongeneckerOn Equal Pay Day, California women’s rights advocates highlighted a proposal to require employers to be more transparent about what they’re paying their workers.
State GovernmentCapitol Round-Up: An End To The MarathonJune 2, 2016 | Chris Nichols | Ben BradfordThe California Senate and Assembly passed hundreds of bills this week, before a key deadline.
State GovernmentCA Senate Wants Men's And Women's Products To Cost The SameMay 26, 2016 | Ben BradfordPink items marketed to women and their blue counterparts for men would have to cost the same in California, under a bill passed by the state Senate Thursday. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentCalifornia Protects Pay By Gender, Is Race Next?April 10, 2016(AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker is seeking to expand California's toughest-in-the-nation equal pay law to protect workers from racial discrimination.
New California Laws 2016California Expanding Equal Pay LawDecember 29, 2015 | Katie OrrWomen in California could see greater salary parity with men under an expanded pay equity law. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentBrown Signs New Equal Pay Law For WomenOctober 6, 2015 | Ben BradfordCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown has signed a law designed to narrow the pay disparity between men and women. Employers in California now must pay men and women the same wage for “substantially similar work.” Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
