2013 ABA National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law - Panel Discussion Examining Pay Differentials

On the opening day of the 2013 National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, which continues through April 6, 2013, panelists representing the judiciary, labor unions, employees, and management debated, among other issues, the root causes of pay differentials in a panel titled “Pay Equity and Job Segregation.” 

Although the government was not represented on the panel, the discussion about pay equity provides an interesting and informative analysis of a hot issue at the forefront of the EEOC’s strategic enforcement plan. 

Pay Differentials

Panelists debated whether employment laws such as the Equal Pay Act, the Lilly Ledbetter Act, and the (twice) proposed (and twice rejected) Paycheck Fairness Act, can effectively address pay differentials that are driven by a variety of experiential and sociological factors.

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