State and local governments are increasingly adopting laws and regulations that prohibit employers from requesting salary history information from job applicants. The intent is to break the past cycle of pay discrimination and some go further than merely banning pay history questions. A few also prohibit an employer from relying on an applicant’s pay history to set compensation if discovered or volunteered; others prohibit an employer from taking disciplinary action against employees who discuss pay… [Read More]
Pay Equity – Questions about Past Salary
Laws for employers are quickly spreading throughout the country that prohibit questions about previous salary history. About 15 states and other local areas have adopted this practice now. Using previous salary history in the hiring process can have major concerns with regard to the gap women and people of color, and minorities face in their careers. This is why it is being quickly adopted to provide pay equity. Many states are adopting the practice to… [Read More]
Ban the Box update: Washington, D.C. Employers Fined
According to a recent report by the D.C. Office of Human Rights, over $500,000 of fines have been issued to D.C. employers who did not “Ban the Box”. Ban the Box requires employers to remove from their hiring applications the check box that asks if applicants have a criminal record. Ban the Box is steadily being adopted by multiple states, cities and counties. D.C. states that more than 1,800 complaints have been filed since the… [Read More]
Bans on Inquiries about Salary History; Pay Equity
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7) in a 242–187 vote recently. If this is signed into law, it will mean that employers across the country will be prohibited from asking salary history. This is in an ongoing effort to have pay equity. It’s in the effort to balance the pay disparities between men and women and not base salary on past but on the position requirements. For many years it… [Read More]
Second Chance Hiring
As an employer, do you have a policy of “Second-chance hiring”? This is recruiting and hiring people with criminal backgrounds and eliminating obstacles to those efforts. This concept is gaining momentum among policymakers, as well as business community leaders and employee advocates. Thirty-three states and more than 150 cities and counties require ban-the-box policies for public-sector jobs, and laws in many states and cities requiring private-sector employers to “ban-the-box”- a term that refers to the removal… [Read More]
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