California Just Forced Equal Pay For Female Surfers. Could That Change Other Games?

September 9, 2018

The World Surf League announced a new plan last week to pay men and women equal prize money. This came after an obscure state panel indicated that they would only lease the public beach for a competition if men and women were paid equally.

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

"Equal Means Equal" Documentary

October 9, 2017 | Chris Remington

Documentary filmmaker Kamala Lopez joins to discuss "Equal Means Equal"

State Government

Capitol Roundup: Employer Equal Pay Reporting, Reducing Crime For HIV Transmittal

September 8, 2017 | Sammy Caiola | Ben Adler

The California Legislature moved forward Thursday on bills that would require employers to report on the pay gap between male and female employees, and to lighten the penalty for intentionally transmitting HIV.

Court: Employers Can Pay Women Less Based On Past Salaries

April 28, 2017

A federal appeals court says employers can legally pay women less than men for the same work based on differences in the employees' previous salaries.

Women’s Rights Advocates Call On Employers To Play Role In Closing Gender Pay Gap

April 4, 2017 | Sally Schilling

On Equal Pay Day, California women’s rights advocates highlighted a proposal to require employers to be more transparent about what they’re paying their workers.

State Government

Capitol Round-Up: An End To The Marathon

June 2, 2016 | Chris Nichols | Ben Bradford

The California Senate and Assembly passed hundreds of bills this week, before a key deadline.

State Government

CA Senate Wants Men's And Women's Products To Cost The Same

May 26, 2016 | Ben Bradford

Pink items marketed to women and their blue counterparts for men would have to cost the same in California, under a bill passed by the state Senate Thursday.

State Government

California Protects Pay By Gender, Is Race Next?

April 10, 2016

(AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker is seeking to expand California's toughest-in-the-nation equal pay law to protect workers from racial discrimination.

New California Laws 2016

California Expanding Equal Pay Law

December 29, 2015 | Katie Orr

Women in California could see greater salary parity with men under an expanded pay equity law.

State Government

Brown Signs New Equal Pay Law For Women

October 6, 2015 | Ben Bradford

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a law designed to narrow the pay disparity between men and women. Employers in California now must pay men and women the same wage for “substantially similar work.”