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The new amendments extend beyond gender, now barring pay discrimination based on membership in any protected class. Protected classes under the 2024 EPOA include age, sex, gender, marital status, race, national origin, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of a disability, and more. This is a major development for employers, as the law now requires that pay equity be ensured across a wide spectrum of protected classes.

Updates to Washington’s Equal Pay Act and Opportunities Act: What Employers Need to Know

by | October 21, 2024

This article was originally published in Equinox Business Law’s website on June 7, 2018 as “Updates to Washington’s Equal Pay Act Go Into Effect”. On March 28, 2024, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Substitute House Bill 1905, broadening the scope of Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA). Since 1943, the EPOA prohibited sex- and gender-based... View Article