Sentences with phrase «wage and salary histories»
A bill released Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and sent to state lawmakers would ban employers in New York from seeking wage and salary histories from prospective employees, a move designed to curtail the pay gap between men and women.
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Marking Equal Pay Day, Cuomo advanced legislation to prohibit all employers, public and private, who do business in New York, from asking prospective employees about their salary history and compensation, putting the state New York on track to close the gender wage gap.
Prospective employees would not be prohibited from voluntarily disclosing wage history and an employer may only confirm past salaries after a salary negotiation has started.
Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton and Public Advocate Letitia James at James» roundtable on salary history and the wage gap in New York City.
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton joined Public Advocate Letitia James for an event promoting legislation that would ban employers from asking job applicants about their salary history — a measure they argued would advance gender equity and close the male - female wage gap.
Mr. Cuomo signed two executive orders to combat the wage gap by not allowing employers to ask new employees for their salary history and requiring state contractors to list how much they pay their workers.
Not only does insisting on knowing a candidate's salary history violate their privacy and put them at a disadvantage in salary negotiations, but it also tends to perpetuate the gender wage gap.
The salary history question enables employees to underpay women and minorities because employers use a potential employee's past wage to determine what salary to offer.
If removing the salary history requirement will help end gender wage disparities and discrimination, that is something we should all be on board with in our industry (and any other).
The law amends Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code entitled «Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions» by adding a new Chapter on wage equity prohibiting both public and private employers from inquiring about salary history.