Pay Equity: Boundaries to Pay Equity, Applicable Legal Standards, Emerging State Laws, and Best Practices

The course, presented by Craig Leen and Kathleen Parker, partners and attorneys at K&L Gates, will take a comprehensive look from a legal perspective at boundaries to pay equity, applicable legal standards, including emerging state and local laws, and best practices to help exceed those standards. Best practices will include a discussion of pay equity audits and other tools you can use to address pay equity issues.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify boundaries to pay equity

2. Discuss the federal legal standards relating to pay equity 

3. Provide an overview of the state and local laws passed to address pay equity and take a deeper dive into certain of those laws

4. Review best practices regarding achieving pay equity, including conducting pay equity self-audits