Employers Use Pay History to Stay Competitive, SHRM Tells Supreme Court

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a split among federal appellate courts over whether, and in what ways, employers can take prior pay into account when setting wages under the federal Equal Pay Act. SHRM argues that prior salary is a legitimate factor where it is tethered to a legitimate business reason and where the employer is not simply relying on market forces that have permitted employers to pay women less because they are women.
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