Pay Equity: Boundaries to Pay Equity, Applicable Legal Standards, Emerging State Laws, and Best Practices (2025 Update)

In today's rapidly evolving legal and regulatory landscape, achieving pay equity remains both a legal mandate and a business imperative. In this timely program, K&L Gates partners and labor and employment attorneys Kathleen Parker and Craig Leen provide critical updates on pay equity standards and enforcement. This course offers a comprehensive review of existing and emerging legal frameworks, including updates to federal standards and recent state and local legislation. It also explores the persistent structural and organizational boundaries that challenge progress toward pay equity. Attendees will walk away with practical strategies and best practices for compliance and equity-driven workplace policies.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify key structural and systemic boundaries that continue to hinder pay equity

2. Discuss both longstanding and newly updated federal legal standards related to pay equity

3. Summarize recent state and local laws enacted to promote pay equity and analyze select laws in greater detail

4. Evaluate the impact of Executive Branch guidance and enforcement efforts on employer responsibilities

5. Apply best practices to develop and implement policies that promote pay equity and prevent compensation-based discrimination