Since 2016, eight states and cities have
passed salary history ban legislation.
Legislators in Massachusetts, California, Oregon, Delaware, and Puerto Rico have already
passed salary history bans.
Since 2016, seven other states and cities have
passed salary history banning legislation.
Specifics that she called out included the Landlord Watchlist, and helping
pass the Salary History Ban.
Not exact matches
She also cited a measure that the House
passed preventing employers from asking job candidates about their
salary history.
New York's Westchester County Board of Legislators has
passed a bill portrayed as a civil rights measure that blocks businesses from asking job candidates»
salary histories.
As she seeks a second term, James is especially proud of her legislation,
passed through the City Council and signed into law by de Blasio, that bans employers from asking job applicants for their
salary history.
A bill sponsored by Public Advocate Letitia James that bans employers from asking applicants about their
salary history was
passed by the Council in April.
The final budget bill cut state K - 12 spending by nearly $ 800 million, over7 percent — the largest amount in Wisconsin's
history — and limited local governments» abilities to make up for these cuts through property taxes.14 That same year, Gov. Walker
passed major tax cuts primarily targeted toward corporations and the wealthy that totaled $ 2.33 billion over 10 years.15 Gov. Walker and Act 10 proponents argued that the bill's reforms would allow schools to offset these cuts by reducing teachers» benefits and hiring lower - paid teachers, preventing budget cuts from affecting students.16 Gov. Walker also argued that eliminating requirements to bargain over
salary structures, hiring, and working conditions would give schools additional flexibility needed to attract and retain higher - quality teachers.17
Last year, the state legislature overwhelmingly
passed a bill that would have made
salary history questions or investigation a prohibited discriminatory practice under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and that would have applied to all New Jersey employers.
Would you
pass up a job to protect your confidential
salary history?
Pittsburgh's city council
passed a bill January 24 that prohibits the city from asking about a job applicant's
salary history.
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.
The New York City Council
passed public advocate Letitia James's bill Wednesday, banning public and private employers from asking candidates about their previous
salaries during the hiring process and taking a job candidate's pay
history under consideration when coming up with a new
salary offer.
Each of the cities and states who have
passed enacted banning
salary history legislation all have a common goal of erasing the pay gap, but each state has unique provisions to their laws.
Are you
passing up a few years of an experienced, competent employee's time and contribution by considering
salary history?
New York City (effective in November of 2018), New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh have
passed laws restricting employers from asking job seekers to furnish
salary history.
(Massachusetts just
passed legislation prohibiting companies from asking about your
salary history, so this is no longer a problem in MA.
Philadelphia
passed legislation prohibiting employers from inquiring about
salary history during the hiring process, as does the state of Massachusetts (takes effect in July 2018).
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.
As a result, several states and cities
passed restrictions on
salary history questions by employers during the applicant hiring process.
Multiple cities and states have
passed laws recently banning employers from asking a job candidate for their
salary history during the employment screening and interviewing process.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 19, 2017, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee signed into law legislation that was
passed the city's Board of Supervisors called the «Parity in Pay Ordinance» to prohibit employers in the City by the Bay from asking job applicants about their
salary history or from considering earnings...
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...