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This law isn't about helping companies by making your salary history available to them. It is about helping job seekers by making the salary range of the job pu

• harpiaharpyja 4y ago
  That's in line with what GP is saying. Companies were already able to get your salary history anyways.
  • petilon 4y ago
    Companies were, employees were not. That's why this law is necessary. This evens the playing field.
    • digitaLandscape 4y ago
    • eliseumds 4y ago
      And that's exactly what GP is trying to convey.
      • usefulcat 4y ago
        I've read GP comment three times now and I don't get that meaning at all. Either they did a really bad job, or (more likely) that's not what they were trying to convey.
        • loupol 4y ago
          I personally understood GP comment as vindicating in favor of the law by implicitly trying to preempt those who might argue that this used to be (and should remain) private information. The counterargument it makes is that it isn't private and that the information asymmetry creates a power imbalance that would be curbed by this law. My interpretation may be wrong though, English is not my native language.
          • hayst4ck 4y ago
            This is what I was trying to convey.
            • z9znz 4y ago
              All that was missing was a first clause, "This is a good law because ..." :)
              • konschubert 4y ago
                Maybe OP wanted to just present the facts that favour the law, but let the reader decide by themselves if it's good or bad.
• ravenstine 4y ago
  As much as I understand why people would want this, I'm not sure that I do. It's bad enough that wages are stagnant, but now we're making it more difficult for people to effectively sell their desired pay to prospective employers? A big reason why my pay increased substantially is not because of bonuses or loyalty but because I asked new employers for way more than what I was paid before, and this worked in part because their job posting didn't include a salary range, thereby not leading to a situation where I ask for what I think my time is worth and get laughed at because it's beyond a listed number they will inevitably low-ball on.
  • justapassenger 4y ago
    And your employees could’ve access your old salary data already. Giving access to it for prospective employee doesn’t change it.
    • hellojesus 4y ago
      But now companies can collude to suppress salaries, as they can look up open reqs of competitors and stay within the same range. The only way this works out is if you can privately negotiate above the published range. Also, what is to keep employers from defining unique job categories for every role?
      • bobthepanda 4y ago
        * they’ve already been prosecuted for doing this with the current opaque salary system * these nightmare scenarios have not played out in markets where this is already the law like CO. Jobseekers aren’t naive, they flood towards good job postings and leave shady practice job offers dry.
        • hellojesus 4y ago
          > * they’ve already been prosecuted for doing this with the current opaque salary system My point is that it will now be easier to collude, as public postings can be scraped by anyone, so now collusion isn't done privately but through public signaling.