The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) recently released updated guidance for the 2024 pay data reporting cycle. The updated guidance makes significant changes to the race/ethnicity categories while leaving most other aspects of the prior year’s reporting process in place.
The deadline for filing 2024 California pay reports is May 14, and the platform opened for new filings on Feb. 3.
California requires covered employers to file payroll employee reports for their own employees and labor contractor employee reports for their labor contractor employees.
California law mandates that private employers with 100 or more employees, including those hired through labor contractors, must annually submit a pay data report to the CRD, detailing employee pay, demographics, and other workforce data, including mean and median hourly wages broken down by race, ethnicity, and gender for each job category. Failure to comply can result in penalties of up to $100 per employee for the first offense and $200 per employee for subsequent violations.
For the 2024 reporting cycle, the CRD has added “Middle Eastern or North African” (MENA) as a new race/ethnicity category. This change is based on action taken last year by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revise Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 on race and ethnicity data standards.
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