Skip to Content

D.C. Circuit Mulls Dismissal of Gender Pay Reporting Appeal
January 24, 2020

Carlton Fields Labor and Employment Shareholder, Rae Vann, was quoted in a Bloomberg News article, “D.C. Circuit Mulls Dismissal of Gender Pay Reporting Appeal.” The Washington, D.C. Court Circuit may be open to dismissing the government’s appeal in a case (National Women’s Law Center v. OMB) that challenges the revival of a landmark collection of U.S. worker pay data by gender and race.

Vann, who advises employers on equal employment policy and compliance, commented:

I think the business community has very clearly and very convincingly conveyed why the OMB was well within its rights to disapprove [the data collection]. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget concluded in 2017 that the pay collection would unnecessarily burden employers and not be useful in addressing pay gaps. It’s really hard to see in my mind how the district court can really come in and take that power away.            

Oral arguments were heard on January 24, 2020.
Related Practices
Labor & Employment

Disclaimer

The information on this website is presented as a service for our clients and Internet users and is not intended to be legal advice, nor should you consider it as such. Although we welcome your inquiries, please keep in mind that merely contacting us will not establish an attorney-client relationship between us. Consequently, you should not convey any confidential information to us until a formal attorney-client relationship has been established. Please remember that electronic correspondence on the internet is not secure and that you should not include sensitive or confidential information in messages. With that in mind, we look forward to hearing from you.