Q&A
Enforcement actions taken against employers who failed to comply with wage transparency laws
1:12:02
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Council Member Williams inquires about enforcement actions taken against employers who failed to comply with wage transparency laws, and Katherine Carroll provides information on the current state of enforcement.
- The majority of complaints are commission-initiated, based on anonymous tips about job postings with no salary range
- Some cases involve applicants being offered wages significantly below the posted range, but these are still under active investigation
- Most commission-initiated cases have been resolved through conciliation processes, with employers complying after receiving a 30-day notice
- No fines have been issued yet, but they are expected in the future for repeat offenders
Nantasha M. Williams
1:12:02
Yeah.
1:12:04
And could you share, I don't know if you answered this, examples of enforcement actions taken against employers who failed to comply?
Katherine Carroll
1:12:14
The vast majority of the complaints that we filed to date on this have been, commission initiated and based on the anonymous tips that I was mentioning earlier where people are seeing a posting, there's no range at all, and they're reporting it as a per se violation that we're exploring as an agency.
1:12:32
We have a handful of cases that are basically the experience that my colleague just explained where someone has applied for a job, they're offered something significantly below that, and those are all in active investigations that we can't speak about publicly.
Nantasha M. Williams
1:12:48
Okay.
1:12:48
And, like, the enforcement, has there been any, like, real enforcement or, like, just Well, for the, for the commission What specific actions that might have been taken so far?
Katherine Carroll
1:12:59
So we've we've managed to close through, conciliation processes, the bulk of the commission initiated cases by, compliance through the notice requirement.
1:13:10
So we've served the complaint that's given them 30 days to comply, and the vast majority of, employers that we have served that on have complied and those cases have been resolved.
Nantasha M. Williams
1:13:21
Has anyone, like, been fined or anything like that?
Katherine Carroll
1:13:25
I'm sorry.
1:13:26
Could you say that again?
1:13:26
I'm just saying, has anyone been fined?
1:13:29
Not as of yet.
1:13:30
We're imagining that that's gonna be coming down the line as we're getting 2nd, 3rd reports.
