Pay Equity Changes for 2023! What Employers Need to Know to be Compliant

Wage discrimination persists in every state and almost every occupation despite civil rights laws. Women working full time, year-round earn about 83 cents for every dollar earned by non-Hispanic white men, and the gap is wider for women of color. This 90-minute pay equity compliance webinar explains what employers need to do about it.

You'll review EEOC requirements and the pros and cons of pay equity policies, NLRB pay guidelines for union and non-union employers, and the state pay transparency rules that affect job postings. The session also covers salary history bans, how labor market pressure has pushed salaries up, and how an internal pay equity audit shows where you stand.

• Explain EEOC requirements and the pros and cons of pay equity policies
• Describe NLRB pay guidelines for union and non-union employers
• Identify state pay transparency requirements, including for job postings
• Apply salary history bans in your hiring process
• Conduct an internal pay equity audit
• Adopt best practices that support pay equity and retention

• The goals of pay equity
• EEOC requirements and the pros and cons of pay equity policies
• NLRB pay guidelines for union and non-union employers
• Which states require pay transparency
• The types of pay transparency requirements
• What employers must do to comply with pay equity requirements
• How pay equity helps retain valuable employees
• Pay transparency in job postings
• Salary history bans in hiring and their effect on pay disparity
• How the Great Resignation pushed employers to raise salaries
• Running an internal pay equity audit
• Best practices that show employees you take pay equity seriously

Pay gaps remain a compliance and retention risk, and the source analysis notes that the gender pay gap in the C-suite widened during the pandemic after years of narrowing. Understanding transparency and equity rules helps you avoid violations and keep valuable employees.

The session suits HR, payroll, benefits and compensation professionals, compliance officers, in-house counsel, controllers, operations managers, executives, diversity and inclusion officers, union representatives and management consultants.

• Human Resource Professionals
• Payroll Professionals
• Employee Benefits Specialists
• Compensation Analysts
• Compliance Officers
• In-house Legal Counsel
• Financial Controllers
• Operations Managers
• Executive Leadership (CEO, CFO, COO, etc.)
• Diversity and Inclusion Officers
• Labor Union Representatives
• Management consultants

Margie Faulk is a senior level human resources professional with over 15 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC, Margie, has worked as an HR Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public and Non-profit sectors.  Margie has provided small to large businesses with risk management strategies that protect companies and reduces potential workplace fines and penalties from violation of employment regulations. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.

Margie’s area of expertise includes Criminal Background Screening Policies and auditing, I-9 document correction and storage compliance, Immigration compliance, employee handbook development, policy development, sexual harassment investigations/certified training, SOX regulations, payroll compliance, compliance consulting, monitoring US-based federal, state and local regulations, employee relations issues, internal investigations, HR management, compliance consulting, internal/external audits, and performance management.
Margie is a speaker and accomplished trainer and has created and presented compliance seminars/webinars for over 16 US and International compliance institutes. Margie has testified as a compliance subject matter expert (SME) for several regulatory agencies and against regulatory agencies, thank goodness not on the same day. Margie offers compliance training to HR professionals, business owners, and leadership to ensure compliance with workplace and regulations. 
Margie’s unique training philosophy includes providing free customized tools for all attendees. These tools are customized and have been proven to be part an effective risk management strategy. Some of the customized tools include the I-9 Self Audit. Correction and Storage program, Ban the Box Decision Matrix Policy that Employers can provide in a dispute for allegations, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Compliance Guide, Drug-Free Workplace Volatile Termination E-Book and other compliance program tools when attendees register and attend Margie’s trainings.
Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from the Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).