> To a degree, companies have to consider the candidate's salary history when they make an offer This BS practice is why these transparency laws are being enac

> To a degree, companies have to consider the candidate's salary history when they make an offer This BS practice is why these transparency laws are being enacted, and I fully support laws that make requesting/searching for past salary illegal. The only number potential employers should be concern themselves with is the one the candidate will accept. Companies get away with this due to information asymmetry: it's not that they want the flexibility to pay people "what they deserve" on a case-by-case basis, its that they want to avoid paying market rates by low-balling candidates who don't know better. "Free market for me, but not for thee".