Help-wanted advertisements in New York will have to disclose proposed pay rates after a statewide salary transparency law goes into effect on Sunday, part of growing state and city efforts to give women and people of color a tool to advocate for equal pay for equal work.

Employers with at least four workers will be required to disclose salary ranges for any job advertised externally to the public or internally to workers interested in a promotion or transfer.

Pay transparency, supporters say, will prevent employers from offering some job candidates less or more money based on age, gender, race or other factors not related to their skills.

Advocates believe the change also could help underpaid workers realize they make less than people doing the same job.

  • TyrionsNose@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think this works for some job positions, and probably most.

    I’m looking for an engineer right now. I’ll take a young one to train up, but I’ll also take an experienced engineer that I don’t have to do anything.

    That pay range is pretty broad.

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      1 year ago

      Just came to say that companies will do exactly that if the law allows.

      Entry level job:

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      Pay: $1-500,000

      and pay you the lowest number you’ll say yes to