基因检测公司Natera与加州民权部达成和解：四年未按时提交薪酬数据、支付37.5万美元
Sacramento——位于加州萨克拉门托县的州府 Sacramento，加州民权部（California Civil Rights Department，CRD）11月5日宣布，与基因检测公司 Natera, Inc. 达成和解：该公司被指未按时提交员工薪酬与人口构成数据，同意支付37.5万美元，并承诺今后按时、完整、准确地提交薪酬数据报告。
加州法律要求，雇员在100人以上的私营雇主每年须向州政府报告薪酬、人口构成及其他劳动力数据。这类报告帮助州政府与雇主识别并处理潜在的性别与种族薪酬差距，鼓励雇主自查薪酬差异、主动遵守同工同酬与反歧视法律。
据民权部，Natera 被指未在法定期限内提交2022年、2023年、2024年与2025年的薪酬数据报告。此次和解旨在处理该公司的报告问题，由民权部副首席法律顾问 Amy Moolin Cu 负责达成。
「薪酬数据是帮助识别和处理潜在薪酬歧视的重要工具，」民权部主任 Kevin Kish 说。「如果企业不提交州法要求的数据，我们会毫不犹豫地追究责任。这项和解将确保 Natera 与本部门都能拿到帮助我们共同推动同工同酬的数据。」
民权部近期持续整治薪酬数据报告合规：上月发布的分析显示，金融业是加州性别薪酬差距最大的行业；该部此前与 See's Candies 就类似的薪酬数据报告问题达成近15万美元和解，今年9月还对一家 Burger King 特许经营商和一家课后项目运营商采取法律行动；2024年，民权部与 Snapchat 达成1,500万美元和解。今年，州长纽森签署新法，提高了对屡次不按时提交薪酬数据报告的雇主的民事罚款。
加州民权部是加州负责执行民权法律的州级机构，职责是保护加州居民免受就业、住房、公共场所与州资助项目中的非法歧视，以及仇恨暴力与人口贩运侵害。
（来源：加州民权部）
Genetic Testing Company Natera Settles With California Civil Rights Department: $375,000 Over Four Years of Late Pay Data Reports
Sacramento — In Sacramento, the capital city in Sacramento County, California, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) announced on November 5 that it has reached a settlement with genetic testing company Natera, Inc. over the company's alleged failure to timely report employee pay and demographic data. Natera agreed to pay $375,000 and committed to filing timely, complete, and accurate pay data reports in the future.
Under California law, private employers with 100 or more employees are required to annually report pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the state. The reports help the state and employers identify and address potential gender and racial wage gaps, encourage employers to self-assess pay disparities, and support enforcement of equal pay and anti-discrimination laws.
According to the department, Natera allegedly failed to timely submit its pay data reports for 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 by the statutory deadlines. The settlement, secured by CRD Associate Chief Counsel Amy Moolin Cu, aims to address the company's reporting issues.
"Pay data is a vital tool to help identify and address potential pay discrimination," said CRD Director Kevin Kish. "If companies fail to submit the pay data that state law requires, we won't hesitate to hold them to account. This resolution will help ensure that Natera and our department have access to the data that helps us all work for equal pay."
The settlement is part of the department's continuing work on pay data compliance. Last month, CRD released a new analysis showing that the finance industry has the biggest gender pay gap in California. The department previously reached a nearly $150,000 settlement with See's Candies over alleged pay data reporting issues, and in September took legal action against a Burger King franchisee and an after-school program operator over alleged failures to report. In 2024, CRD secured a $15 million settlement with Snapchat. This year, Governor Newsom signed new legislation increasing civil penalties for employers who repeatedly fail to file the required pay data reports.
The California Civil Rights Department is the state agency charged with enforcing California's civil rights laws, protecting Californians from unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and state-funded programs, and from hate violence and human trafficking.
(Source: California Civil Rights Department)
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