Statute
Classes Protected
- Sex
- Race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability, under the Idaho Human Rights Act, Idaho Code § 67-5909.
- Sexual orientation and/or gender expression/identity, under Meridian, Idaho Code of Ordinances.
Key Language on Pay Discrimination
- “No employer shall discriminate between or among employees in the same establishment on the basis of sex, by paying wages to any employee in any occupation in this state at a rate less than the rate at which he pays any employee of the opposite sex for comparable work on jobs which have comparable requirements relating to skill, effort, and responsibility.”
- It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an individual in terms of compensation because of that individual’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
Exceptions for Pay Disparities (including affirmative defenses)
- Seniority system
- Merit increase system
Anti-retaliation
- Prohibits retaliation against an employee who invokes or assists in any manner in the enforcement of Idaho Code § 44-1701 et. seq.
- It shall be unlawful for a person or any business entity to discriminate against any individual because he or she has opposed any practice made unlawful by Idaho Code § 67-5909 or because such individual has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under Idaho Code § 67-5909.
- It is prohibited for an employer to deny to any other person because of sexual orientation and/or gender expression/identity the right to work by discriminating against such person in compensation.