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Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking for Salary Histories

posted by martyb on Wednesday August 03 2016, @04:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the Power-to-the-Employees? dept.

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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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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday August 03 2016, @04:19PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday August 03 2016, @04:19PM (#383637) Journal

    "Free Market folks" are no such thing. Never were, never will be. When they say free market what they mean is "a market in which I am free to do whatever the fuck I want to whomever the fuck I want at all times."

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