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Pay Transparency is the Law

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls are joining together to inform workers about a new law impacting Pay Transparency (SB 1162) in California.

Our joint purpose is to ensure equal pay and equal opportunities are available in every workforce in the state while promoting economic justice and the full enforcement of California labor laws. Survey questions will be answered by the California Labor Commissioner, the Executive Director of the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls and other subject matter experts.

Please take a moment to complete this 10-15 minute survey. This survey closes May 12 at noon.

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Brief Overview of Equal Pay Legislation in California

1949- California passed the Equal Pay Act in hopes of closing the wage gap between men and women.

2015- California enacted the Fair Pay Act (SB 358 - Jackson). The Fair Pay Act discourages pay secrecy and ensures equal pay for work of comparable character.

2019- SB 973 became CA law to require employers with more than 100 employees to submit pay data reports to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing. (Didn’t require information to be publicly available or temporary, contract, and contingent workers hired through third-party staffing agencies.)

2022- Pay Transparency Act (SB 1162 - Limon) effective January 1, 2023. This requires employers with 15 or more employees to make salary ranges for positions available to applicants and employees, make employer internal promotional opportunities available to current employees, and expands public pay data reporting requirements to better identify gender and race-based pay disparities.

How familiar are you with the CA Equal Pay laws referenced above? *

The panel will have subject matter experts from the Labor Commissioner’s Office and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls. The mission of the California Labor Commissioner's Office is to ensure a just day's pay in every workplace in the State and to promote economic justice through robust enforcement of labor laws. How familiar are you with the Labor Commissioners Office? *

The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls has identified and worked to eliminate inequities in state laws, practices, and conditions that affect California’s women and girls. How familiar are you with the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls?

The Retaliation Complaint Investigation Unit (RCI) investigates workplace retaliation complaints including, but not limited to pay inequity based on sex, race, and/or ethnicity. Would you say you understand retaliation in the workplace as it relates to the Equal Pay Act? *

SB 1162 requires the following for employers with 15 or more employees:

1) disclosure of salary ranges on job listings;

2) an employer, upon request, to provide to an employee the pay scale for the position in which the employee is currently employed, and

3) an employer to maintain records of a job title and wage rate history for each employee for a specified timeframe, to be open to inspection by the Labor Commissioner.

This bill also expands pay data reporting requirements (CA Civil Rights Department is responsible).

Please list any specific questions/concerns you have for the Labor Commissioner’s Office related to this new requirement. (e.g. compensation is not listed in job postings, current pay scale request, etc.) If you have none, please write n/a. *

Retaliation protections – Employees and applicants for employment in California have the right to exercise their labor rights without retaliation or discrimination. Please list your specific questions related to retaliation or discrimination in the workplace. If you have none, please write n/a.

Please list any specific questions you have for the CA Commission on the Status of Women and Girls as it relates to Equal Pay and Pay Transparency. If you have none, please write n/a. *

Demographic Information

Age range *

Please indicate the CA county you reside in. *

Please indicate the CA county you work in. *

Employment status *

Job category *

Level of employee *

Please share how you received this survey (e.g. union, employer, community organization) *