NJ Enacts Equal Pay Protections Effective July 1, 2018

Effective July 1, 2018 NJ's equal pay law will provide new measures aimed at preventing unequal pay for employees performing essentially they same duties. The Act will now make it unlawful employment practice to pay employees unequally based on not just sex but on any protected classes. Which currently include race, creed, color national origin, age, martial status sexual orientations, disability and more.
The act gives employees an easier path to sue and win because now the burden of proof will be upon the employer. The employer will now have to prove why there is a difference in pay between similar workers.