©2023 Seyfarth Shaw LLP www.seyfarth.com 2023 Cal-Peculiarities | 193 228 Lab. Code § 1197.5(a)(4) & Lab. Code § 1197.5(b)(4) (“Prior salary shall not justify any disparity in compensation. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to mean that an employer may not make a compensation decision based on a current employee’s existing salary, so long as any wage differential resulting from that compensation decision is justified by one or more of the factorsin this subdivision.”). 229 Lab. Code § 1197.5(k)(1). 230 Lab. Code §§ 1197.5(d), (i), (h). 231 Lab. Code § 1197.5(f). 232 Lab. Code § 1997.5(k). 233 Id. 234 Lab. Code § 1197.5(e). 235 Under the Parity in Pay Ordinance, San Francisco employers, effective July 2018, must not ask job applicants about their salary histories. San Francisco Parity in Pay Ordinance, San Francisco Police Code Article 33J, https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_police/0-0-0-49223 (visited Feb. 24, 2023). 236 Lab. Code § 432.3. 237 Lab. Code § 432.3(b). 238 Lab. Code § 432.3(h) (“voluntarily and without prompting”). 239 Lab. Code § 1197.5(a)(2). 240 Lab. Code § 432.3(c)(1). 241 AB 2282, 2018 bill amending Lab. Code §§ 432.3 and 1197.5. 242 Id. 243 SB 973, 2020 bill amending Gov’t Code § 12930 and adding Chapter 10 (commencing with Gov’t Code § 12999). 244 SB 1162, 2022 bill amending Gov’t Code § 12999 and Lab. Code § 432.2. 245 Gov’t Code § 12999(b)(3). 246 Gov’t Code § 12999(a)(1). 247 Gov’t Code § 1299(c). 248 Gov’t Code § 12999(a)(2). 249 Civil Rights Department, California Pay Data Reporting: Frequently Asked Questions, https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/paydatareporting/faqs/ (visited Feb. 26, 2023). 250 Lab. Code § 432.3(c)(3), (5). 251 Lab. Code § 432.3(c)(2). 252 Lab. Code § 432.3(m). The California Labor Commissioner’s office confirmed that a set hourly rate or set piece rate may be included in place of a pay scale if an employer “intends to pay a set hourly amount or a set piece rate amount, and not a pay range.” https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/california_equal_pay_act.htm (visited Feb. 26, 2023). 253 Labor Commissioner’s Office, California Equal Pay Act: Frequently Asked Questions, https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/california_equal_pay_act.htm (visited Feb. 26, 2023). 254 Id. 255 Id. 256 Gov’t Code § 12947.5(b)-(c). An employer may also seek an administrative exemption “for good cause shown[.] Id. § 12947.5(d). 257 Gov’t Code § 12926(r)(2). 258 Id. 259 Gov’t Code § 12949 (employer can still impose certain dress and appearance standards). 260 2 Cal. Code Regs. § 11030(f). 261 Id. § 11034(i)(4). 262 Id. §§ 11034(e)(2) and 11034(e)(2)(B). 263 Id. § 11034(i)(1). 264 Id. § 11034(g). 265 Id. §§ 11034(h)(3), 11034(h)(4). An employer is permitted to use an employee’s gender or legal name as indicated in a government-issued identification document only if it is necessary to meet a legally mandated obligation, but otherwise must identify the employee in accordance with the employee's gender identity and preferred name. Id. § 11034(h)(4). 266 Friedman v. S. California Permanente Med. Grp., 102 Cal. App. 4th 39 (2002) (veganism does not qualify as a religion for purposes of FEHA). 267 Gov’t Code § 12940(l)(1). 268 Gov’t Code § 12926(q).
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