Private businesses with 100 or more employees—and at least one employee in California—must file 2021 pay data with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) by April 1 this year. Here’s what covered employers need to know.
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The California Legislature passed SB 973 in 2020, which requires covered businesses to report information about employees’ pay and hours worked, sorted by establishment, job category, sex, race and ethnicity. The data must be submitted by April 1 each year. (The initial March 31 deadline was changed to observe a state holiday, Cesar Chavez Day.)
