In the latest installment of LaborSpeak, we review laws from across the U.S. requiring pay transparency. Although the laws vary by jurisdiction, employers nationwide should be aware of the impact on their workforce from greater access to wage information by employees, candidates and competitors.
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with increasing frequency States and localities across the U.S are introducing paid transparency laws these laws require employers to disclose wage and salary information in public job postings for during the hiring process even if your company's own jurisdiction does not currently have paid transparency laws in place other jurisdictions laws may impact you because of remote or hybrid work and because of the greater Insight that employees and competitors now have into pay ranges paid transparency laws are currently on the books in several cities and states with more to come Connecticut Colorado Maryland Nevada and parts of New York New Jersey and Ohio all currently require some type of wage transparency and job postings pay transparency legislation will also take effect in California Rhode Island and Washington State on January 1st 2023. Employers in New York state should keep their eyes on the pending salary disclosure bill which may take effect in late 2023. and Massachusetts employers should be aware of a pending bill that would require pay scale transparency several States already ban employers from asking about salary history while there are variations among these laws at least some create a potential Nationwide impact where workers are applying to jobs that could be performed elsewhere due to remote and hybrid work even if limited to one area of the country the obligation to provide a salary or wide range makes this information more accessible to all of an employer's employees and competitors there's already a lot of commentary about this on social media that employers should take note of as a result it is important to take stock internally and externally before making disclosures in these postings due to the broadly defined terms of postings or advertisements these laws apply to most ways in which employers search for the talent leading more employers to engage in Pay Equity Audits and market research further as applicants and employees grow to expect these sorts of disclosures competition for talent will require paid transparency even where the law does not for more information please reach out to a member of our labor and employment team
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