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I remember when NY/NJ came out with law preventing employers asking your previous wages (they used to ask for W2!!!). People were saying, oh, employers just won

by aynyc 5y ago

I remember when NY/NJ came out with law preventing employers asking your previous wages (they used to ask for W2!!!). People were saying, oh, employers just won't hire in NY/NJ anymore! Guess what, job market is still hot as the sun and salary range went up across all my job searches and I don't have to deal with bullshit recruiters trying to play with comps.

fennecfoxen 5y ago
Are the labor markets in New York and New Jersey substantially similar to the labor markets in Colorado? (And should we expect the specific regulations in NY/NJ (forbidding certain questions) and those in Colorado (requiring disclosure of information, and, requiring certain notifications of existing employees) to have the same effect?)
- aynyc 5y ago
  In terms of overall job market, no idea. In technology, I would imagine yes. I work in NYC, every job except capital market type I got reached out by recruiters have CO listed.
- ncallaway 5y ago
  As a small business owner and someone who is currently hiring for remote positions, I will say the CO law will not in any way dissuade me from considering candidates from CO. Every jurisdiction has laws and compliance regulations specific to that jurisdiction. These requirements seem in no way onerous or out of line to me. I think the companies that will avoid CO applicants for jobs will be doing so because they want to avoid the wage transparency more than they want to avoid the regulatory burden.
908B64B197 5y ago
How does that even work? Do they actually check that the data is real?
- aynyc 5y ago
  How does what work? Asking for previous salary? I've been asked to provide W2s to prove my salary prior to the law. You can probably fake W2s but I just think that's too much work for 99.9% of job applicants.
  - 908B64B197 5y ago
    > You can probably fake W2s but I just think that's too much work for 99.9% of job applicants. That was my question too.

by aynyc 5y ago

fennecfoxen 5y ago

Are the labor markets in New York and New Jersey substantially similar to the labor markets in Colorado? (And should we expect the specific regulations in NY/NJ (forbidding certain questions) and those in Colorado (requiring disclosure of information, and, requiring certain notifications of existing employees) to have the same effect?)

aynyc 5y ago
In terms of overall job market, no idea. In technology, I would imagine yes. I work in NYC, every job except capital market type I got reached out by recruiters have CO listed.
ncallaway 5y ago
As a small business owner and someone who is currently hiring for remote positions, I will say the CO law will not in any way dissuade me from considering candidates from CO. Every jurisdiction has laws and compliance regulations specific to that jurisdiction. These requirements seem in no way onerous or out of line to me. I think the companies that will avoid CO applicants for jobs will be doing so because they want to avoid the wage transparency more than they want to avoid the regulatory burden.

908B64B197 5y ago

How does that even work? Do they actually check that the data is real?

aynyc 5y ago
How does what work? Asking for previous salary? I've been asked to provide W2s to prove my salary prior to the law. You can probably fake W2s but I just think that's too much work for 99.9% of job applicants.
- 908B64B197 5y ago
  > You can probably fake W2s but I just think that's too much work for 99.9% of job applicants. That was my question too.