Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 5, 2017, the New York City Council passed legislation — Introduction 1253 - 2016 — that will prohibit employers from inquiring about the salary history of job applicants during the hiring process and also from relying
on salary history information to determine salary if that information...
AB 168 will prohibit an employer from relying
on the salary history information of an applicant for employment in determining whether to offer an applicant employment or what salary to offer an applicant.
AB 168 prohibits employers from relying
on salary history information of applicants in determining whether to offer an applicant employment or what salary to offer an applicant.
In April 2017, the New York City Council passed legislation — Introduction 1253 - 2016 — that prohibits employers from inquiring about the salary history of job applicants during the hiring process and also from relying
on salary history information to determine salary if that information is already known.
Not exact matches
For personal loans, you will also need to provide
information on your housing or mortgage payments, other outstanding debts, employment status and
salary, educational
history and details
on the loan you're seeking.
The FICO ® Score is based only
on information contained in an individual's credit report and does not take into account personal attributes such as race, gender, age, marital status,
salary, employment
history or address.
On August 1, Massachusetts passed an equal - pay law that prohibits employers from asking about
salary histories until they make a job offer that includes compensation, unless the applicants voluntarily provide the
information, ThinkProgress reported.
If an employer accidentally uncovers
information about an applicant's
salary history when conducting a background check (or otherwise), the employer may not rely
on that
information in determining what compensation to offer the applicant.
With that in mind, you will need to be able to support your negotiations with
information on what the job is worth at a fair market rate with consideration of your
salary history.
For example if a potential employer asks for a
salary history and your resume does not have that
information, then the possibility is that your resume will be in the reject pill rather than being
on the employers desk no matter how perfectly qualified a candidate you are.
A
salary history (which is different from a
salary requirement) includes
information on what you have earned in past jobs.
I'll also explain why some
information, such as references,
salary history, and personal data, may not belong
on your resume at all.
You can also use this paragraph to give the employer
information that they asked for in their ad that would typically not go
on a resume such as
salary history and expectations.
Along with your
salary history, you should network with contacts you trust to seek out what
information they can share
on current
salaries for your goals.
The New York law signed by City Mayor Bill de Blasio
on May 4, 2017 will prohibit employers from asking a job applicant about their
salary history or «relying
on salary history to determine the applicant's compensation unless the applicant voluntarily offer the
information.»
(2) rely
on the
salary history of an applicant in determining that applicant's
salary at any stage in the employment process, unless the applicant «unprompted» and «willingly» discloses his or her prior
salary information.
Employment
history verification is essential to all hiring processes because applicants sometimes exaggerate or falsify employment
information and
salary history on their applications or resumes.
Speaking of
salary, as we were in that last post: It's annoying as hell to be asked to give your
salary history when applying for a new job, and it's no secret that employers use that
information to figure out what
salary you're likely to accept from them — which puts candidates in an unfair position and raises obvious worries about leaving money
on the table.
It does not prohibit an applicant from voluntarily disclosing
salary history information and would not prohibit an employer from considering or relying
on that
information to determine
salary.
Please complete all
information, including the
salary history information,
on the Employment Application (even if you attach a Resume).
However, contrary to reports calling the FTC's action an official endorsement, a recent blog
on the FTC web site, «The Fair Credit Reporting Act & Social Media: What Businesses Should Know,» indicates that Internet background checks using social media
information simply must follow the same FCRA rules that apply to the more traditional
information — employment and
salary history, criminal records, and credit reports — that FCRA compliant background screening firms and employers have used in the past.
However, contrary to reports calling the FTC's action an official endorsement, a June 2011 blog
on the FTC website, «The Fair Credit Reporting Act & Social Media: What Businesses Should Know,» indicated that Internet background checks using social media
information simply must follow the same FCRA rules that apply to the more traditional
information — employment and
salary history, criminal records, and credit reports — that FCRA compliant background screening firms and employers have used in the past.
In June 2017, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law the Oregon Equal Pay Act of 2017 (HB 2005) which will prohibit employers from screening job applicants based
on past or current
salary history or seeking
information about past or current
salary history from job applicants before making them an offer of employment that includes an amount of compensation.
Click
on the Additional Info link at the top, then enter your
salary history, keeping in mind that you just need to provide basic
information, such as employer name, job title and earnings.