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This is a bad law. This will perpetuate the wage gap between men and women employees. These kind of laws will continue the "don't ask, don't tell" aura around s
by PatientTrades 9y ago
This is a bad law. This will perpetuate the wage gap between men and women employees. These kind of laws will continue the "don't ask, don't tell" aura around salary information. Instead of making this information secret, salary information needs to be pushed more public, so that when someone is paid less for equal work, there is absolutely no doubt about the salary that each employee receives.
- wpietri 9y agoI think it's just the opposite. Allowing employers to ask wage history helps maintain the wage gap. If women are underpaid at their first job, then that will propagate forward to future offers. If they can't ask, then they'll have a harder time knowing whether they can continue to underpay a woman. Having a stated salary range also makes it a little harder for them to play games.
- cisanti 9y agoWhat stops people lying about the wage? I suspect men do it more often and negotiate bigger salaries this way.
- wpietri 9y agoEthics? Morals? Not knowing exactly what sort of lie they can get away with? Years of training and practice in not lying? Fear of getting caught and not getting the job? Fear of getting caught later and losing the job?