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Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking for Salary Histories

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

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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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Original Submission

• it's less info, though less asymetric (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 03 2016, @04:26PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 03 2016, @04:26PM (#383642)

  For more info, make the employer reveal salary history of others doing the same job at that employer. Better, include info about the other job applicants.

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