Pay Data Crucial for Enforcement, Former Agency Heads Say (1)

Collecting pay data from every employer in the U.S. with 100 or more workers is critical for effective enforcement of federal anti-discrimination laws, Obama-era leaders of the EEOC and the Labor Department’s contractor watchdog told the D.C. Circuit.

Reporting pay data to the government also encourages businesses to proactively comply with the law, former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Jenny Yang and former Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Director Patricia Shiu wrote in an Oct. 25 amicus brief. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is considering a Trump administration appeal challenging the revival of ...