Companies are urged to take fresh looks at compensation schemes and be prepared to upend long-held practices that have created lawsuit vulnerability.

Pay-equity claims are increasing amid greater public awareness, new state laws and multimillion-dollar settlements, putting company policies ever more in focus and creating “minefields” for compliance, a team of management-side lawyers said Wednesday.

Attorneys from Littler Mendelson, speaking on a webinar about the pay-equity landscape, urged companies to take fresh looks at compensation schemes and be prepared to upend long-held practices that have created lawsuit vulnerability.

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