Posted on 10/28/2017 6:02:42 PM PDT by CodeToad
On October 12, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown of California signed into law a state-wide ban on employer inquiries into an individual’s salary history. The new law (AB 168) will apply to all employers, including state and local governments, and will take effect on January 1, 2018.
The new law continues the expansion of equal pay protection in California. California’s Equal Pay law has been on the books since 1949, requiring equal pay, regardless of gender, for equal work. It remained largely unchanged until 2016, when it was amended to require equal pay for “substantially similar” work.
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A Calif law I can AGREE with..?
Weird.
I like that.
What’s next?
Can’t ask the ingredients on a menu item?
Can’t ask the size of the shoes you are contemplating purchasing online?
Can’t ask the marital history of a potential date?
“Hoe valuable were you at this job to your previous employer?”
“I want a lawyer! I’m gonna sue!”
So do I.
Asking that question seems to try to give salaries based on leverage more than what doing the job is worth.
I do not agree with this. A potential employer needs all the info it can get to avoid hiring a turkey:
Under AB 168, no employer may rely on an applicant’s prior salary history “as a factor in determining whether to offer employment . . . or what salary to offer an applicant.” Salary history information includes both an individual’s rate of compensation as well as other benefits. Moreover, an employer cannot—orally or in writing, directly or indirectly—seek this type of information about an applicant.
Coming soon: “You will hire who we tell you to hire.”
Wow - never saw this one coming. Some DoD contractors are about to get rocked ...
My company won’t offer without prior salary history - this is going to turn HR up side down ... we hie A LOT in CA ..,
...”and you will pay them what we tell you to pay them.”
Women in the People’s Republic of China enjoy equal rights with men in all spheres of life, in political, economic, cultural, social and family life.Just for those who wonder where that “equal pay” mantra comes from.
The state protects the rights and interests of women, applies the principle of equal pay for equal work to men and women alike and trains and selects cadres from among women.
— Article 48 of PRC constitution
I know. Seems not right somehow.
“Can’t ask the ingredients on a menu item?”
Actually, many recipes are secret. You can ask but you are in no position to demand, unlike an employer.
You can't even ask the "gender" history of a potential date.
The good news is, in CA if you intentionally give your Employer or Employee AIDS, you get a Misdemeanor Ticket instead of being charged with a Felony.
Utopia, it’s only way to fly.
“I do not agree with this. A potential employer needs all the info it can get to avoid hiring a turkey:”
How does knowing prior salary prevent that?
Think of it this way: Salary is confidential, so companies are demanding confidential information. Most companies would be pissed if you told people what you make and consider it a violation of your non disclosure agreement.
“We’ll hire you, but first you must violate ethics and give us confidential information of your last employers.”
So solly...our chef no tell his ingredients to Sum Ting Woof. Ancient Chinese Secret!
“I do not agree with this. A potential employer needs all the info it can get to avoid hiring a turkey:”
So, conversely, a candidate needs to know they are not signing on with a turkey, so the salaries of all similar employees of that company need to be known by the candidate.
How does the candidate know if they are getting a turkey of an offer that can hurt them by any future employers using the same unethical tactics as using salary as a basis of worth if they don’t know the salaries of the others?
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