Oregon: Senate Bill Implements Fixes to Equal Pay Law
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APPLIES TO All Employers with OR Employees |
EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020 |
QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call |
Senate Bill 123 provides clarity to a few aspects of the Oregon Equal Pay Act (EPA), as well as a voluntary equal pay analysis safe harbor.
Under the EPA, employers are required to pay employees the same rate for work of comparable character, unless the pay differential can be attributed to one or more bona fide factors, such as a seniority system, merit system or system that measures earnings by quantity or quality. SB 123 updates the definition of a “system” to mean “a consistent and verifiable method in use at the time that a violation is alleged.”