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States with Salary History Bans

Paycor

Requesting job applicants’ salary histories has been a pretty common practice for employers over the years. Businesses have also used previous salary information to calculate new hire compensation—a process that can perpetuate pay disparity between women and men. Employers can’t ask for an applicant’s pay history.

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Amazon bans salary history questions during interviews: Why HR should care

HR Morning

If your interview process still involves asking questions about candidates previous salary history, you may want to consider making some changes to that process. Amazon just announced an internal ban against asking job applicants about their previous salary history, joining other tech giants like Facebook and Cisco.

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The importance of HR management to your business in 2020

Genesis HR Solutions

For example, “ ban the box” laws , blacklisting laws , and regulations regarding checking and giving references all vary—it’s imperative companies that are recruiting and hiring know and enforce all of these laws. Several states have banned companies from asking pre-employment questions about a candidate’s salary history.

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Banning the Salary Question: A list of states and cities prohibiting pay history questions

FingerCheck

An increasing number of states and localities, such as NYS, California, and Chicago are implementing new laws to ban employers from asking job applicants about their salary histories. Others ban a business owner from taking action against an employee for discussing their salary with co-workers. CONNECTICUT.

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5 new California laws for 2018 that could affect all HR pros soon

HR Morning

Ban the box” California has become the most recent state to prohibit employers from asking about criminal convictions on job applications, which used to be a simple “yes” or “no” question. Criminal history can’t even be brought up in an interview now, either. Salary history ban.

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The salary history ban: 5 steps to determine pay in the don’t-ask era

Insperity

Until recently, it was fairly standard practice to ask job candidates about salary history in interviews or on job applications. More and more states are adopting laws that prohibit asking job candidates about their salary history. Look for salary history clues in their résumé. But not anymore.

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Pulse Check: Equal Pay in 2018

Namely

Many states have taken matters into their own hands and are targeting pay discrimination by banning salary history questions and extending paid family leave. We’re only halfway through 2018 and New Jersey, Vermont, and Connecticut have already enacted salary history bans.