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A similar bill passed in Colorado and resulted in many employers stopping hiring in Colorado to avoid having to comply. I hope this won’t have the same outcome.
by glerk 5y ago
A similar bill passed in Colorado and resulted in many employers stopping hiring in Colorado to avoid having to comply. I hope this won’t have the same outcome.
- Victerius 5y agoAmazon and Microsoft are both headquartered in Washington. This law could transform the industry, or Microsoft and Amazon might move out of Washington.
- beembeem 5y ago> Microsoft and Amazon might move out of Washington. I highly doubt Microsoft would up and leave over this one piece of legislation. See multi-year spending on new campus which isn't open yet: https://news.microsoft.com/modern-campus/ https://news.microsoft.com/modern-campus/
- beeboop 5y agoI think I've only seen a single job ad that explicitly stated no colorado in the past few months of my job search. Most just have a link you can click that buries "$60k to 190k" somewhere in fine print.
- Victerius 5y ago"$25k to $999k"
- Osiris 5y agoIt doesn't work like that. The law requires that the ranges to be sane. I don't remember the exact details but I believe it has to include existing employees with the same job and can only be some band above or below that.
- llbeansandrice 5y agoColorado's law has language about "good-faith" and "reasonable" ranges. I forget what the penalties are but it's fairly easy to report companies/listings to the state that do this.
- breakpointalpha 5y agoI got a recruitment email this morning that said "unlimited sick leave!" then in fine print at the bottom: "If applicant lives in CO, they will receive paid sick days." Labor laws in this country are nutty.
- 72f988bf 5y agoAs an employer, stopping in Colorado is only cutting you off of 5.8 million talent pool. Stopping in both NYC and WA state would cut you out of 16 million, so the equation becomes a bit different.
- mattwad 5y agowe just need more states/cities to get on the bandwagon. New York City is enacting their own version of it this year, for example.
- cryptonector 5y agohttps://www.coloradoexcluded.com/ https://www.coloradoexcluded.com/ Was on HN recently.