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The law takes a step that is completely unique: it prohibits employers from asking prospective hires about their salary histories until after they make a job offer that includes compensation, unless the applicants voluntarily disclose the information. No other state has such a ban in place.
[...] The new law also bans salary secrecy, blocking employers from keeping their employees from talking about pay with each other. About half of all employees say they are either prohibited or discouraged from discussing compensation, even though they have a legal right to do so.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/08/01/massachusetts-equal-pay-comparable-work-baker-bill/
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/08/01/3803836/massachusetts-equal-pay/
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* m2 stares at the monitor... it looks like a hamburger...
m2 - that's a bad sign
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday August 03 2016, @04:58AM
Most are W-2 employees of the staffing agency. The client is contractually prohibited from discussing pay with the contractor.
This led to some guy thinking he was doing well to earn $30/hour, until he found out that his agency was billing the client $90/hour.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Wednesday August 03 2016, @05:18AM
I was annoyed with the last staffing agency I tried. On their application form they ask for a list of previous jobs through staffing agencies. Then, when I ask for the name of a work-site I worked previously, I am told that is confidential information. This was after avoiding staffing agencies for a decade.
A common theme with staffing agencies is that they expect the employees to abide by their contract, but don't honour it themselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 03 2016, @12:53PM
Right you are, he should have been paid $45.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 03 2016, @04:39PM
Part of that might get converted into benefits, including government mandated ones and taxes.
They have to recruit you and market you. That's a cost.
(Score: 2) by PocketSizeSUn on Thursday August 04 2016, @12:18AM
I modded this funny because I find it cute that there are people this stupid.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 04 2016, @01:52AM
As a rule, temporary services offer no benefits, unless they are government mandated. If the temp is getting $90/hr, and you are paid $30/hr, then at least $50 of that difference is profit for the temp service. The temp probably only pays in to SS and unemployment. The various states may differ slightly, but I'm not aware of any state that "requires" expensive benefits.