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I agree with this: employees are at a huge information disadvantage. However, I think a better (& admittedly more radical) solution to this problem would be to
by nsedlet 10y ago
I agree with this: employees are at a huge information disadvantage. However, I think a better (& admittedly more radical) solution to this problem would be to force employers to publicly post anonymized salaries by job title. That way prospective and current employees know exactly how much they ought to be paid. It makes salary negotiation almost trivial.
Preventing employers from asking about previous salary does not prevent them from discriminating against women, which is the intention of the MA law. I can definitely see how this law might hasten a transition away from an era where salary was unfairly pegged to gender - but only to the degree that employers aren't still just blatantly discriminating by gender.
- throwaway201607 10y agoExcept that its not unfairly pegged to gender: http://www.forbes.com/sites/karinagness/2016/04/12/dont-buy-into-the-gender-pay-gap-myth http://www.forbes.com/sites/karinagness/2016/04/12/dont-buy-...
- thomasahle 10y agoMaybe around 5% is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay_gap https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay_gap
- williamscales 10y agoHow about we go one step further and make all salaries public information?
- pc86 10y agoBecause it's none of your business how much money I make.
- randallsquared 10y agoWhat's that got to do with anything? It's none of their business what you look like, but you still go out in public, right?
- nsedlet 10y agoI'm not sure why you'd want to do that. It seems unnecessary to achieve pricing transparency - anonymized salaries would be sufficient. It would require a dramatic cultural shift to be accepted. Discussing of one's salary is taboo (at least in the U.S.).