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Giving your previous salary was a good way to help them offer you you a higher salary.

• cjensen 9y ago
  Seems like they can still ask "what Salary are you expecting?" Then you can quote them a higher salary. Or if your salary has previously suffered due to discrimination, you can quote a slightly higher salary than you should have received.
• jachee 9y ago
  You can still volunteer it. They just can't ask up-front anymore.
• geofft 9y ago
  If there is a pay gap in any form, that's a way to perpetuate it. Suppose Group A is currently paid higher than Group B. Group A will be able to say, "I was paid this amount and I expect that much or more." Group B won't. Group A will get higher salaries than Group B. Next time they apply for jobs, the same thing will happen. Yes, this potentially sucks for the people currently in Group A. A moral society cannot have "We will not make things worse for anyone" as an axiom, because that axiom would prevent taking power away from a tyrant. It's fine to say "We will not make things worse for people without a really good reason" - so the debate is just about whether fixing a pay gap is a good enough reason.