Civil Rights Department Announces Opening of 2024 Pay Data Reporting Window
February 3, 2025
For Immediate Release
PublicAffairs@calcivilrights.ca.gov
916-938-4113
SACRAMENTO – The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) today announced opening the pay data reporting portal for the 2024 calendar year. Under California law, private employers of 100 or more employees or workers hired through contractors are required to annually report pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the state. The deadline for employers to file pay data reports with CRD is May 14, 2025.
“Every year, hard-working Californians lose out on billions of dollars because of the wage gap,” said CRD Director Kevin Kish. “Employers can help us fight back. Report your pay data, take a look at employee wages, and take steps to ensure everyone gets equal pay for equal work.”
Show Me the Money
As a result of the passage of Senate Bill 973 in 2020, California collects pay data to encourage employers to conduct self-assessments of pay disparities, promote voluntary compliance with equal pay and anti-discrimination laws, and support effective state and private enforcement of civil rights laws in the workplace. In passing the law, the Legislature recognized that the pay gap continues to be a persistent challenge, resulting in billions of dollars in lost wages. In 2022, the Legislature expanded pay data reporting requirements under Senate Bill 1162 to include workers hired through labor contractors.
While California has some of the nation’s strongest equal pay laws and one of the lowest gender pay gaps in the country, the state’s pay data has continued to show in recent years that women and communities of color remain among the state’s lowest paid workers. For instance, according to pay data for 2022, even though there were fewer women (48%) in the workforce data, they made up a larger share of workers (53%) in the lowest pay range earning $32,239 or less. In addition, fewer than 1 in 20 Latino workers, and 1 in 10 Black and Native American workers were in the top-earning positions.
Keeping Up the Fight for Fair Pay
CRD is committed to combatting pay inequities across the state, including through ongoing efforts to ensure compliance with the state’s pay data reporting program. Last year, the department secured a $15 million settlement with Snapchat to resolve a more than three-year investigation over claims of employment discrimination, equal pay violations, and sexual harassment and retaliation. In 2023, CRD obtained a nearly $100,000 settlement against Cambrian Homecare to resolve repeated alleged failures to report pay data to the state. The department also announced a $54 million settlement against Activision Blizzard and final court approval of a $100 million settlement against Riot Games to resolve allegations of sex-based discrimination, including with respect to equal pay, at both companies. In 2022, CRD secured a set of first-of-a-kind stipulated judgments against Chase Bank and Michaels to ensure the companies’ compliance with California’s pay data reporting laws.
If you or someone you know has been the victim of discrimination, CRD may be able to assist you through its complaint process. The department also provides general information and factsheets online about civil rights protections for members of the public, including with respect to employment discrimination.
Pay data reporting results for 2022, 2021, and 2020 are available here. CRD makes general information on California’s pay data reporting process available on its website.
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The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) is the state agency charged with enforcing California’s civil rights laws. CRD’s mission is to protect the people of California from unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and state-funded programs and activities, and from hate violence and human trafficking. For more information, visit calcivilrights.ca.gov.
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