Sure, if you can talk your boss/executive that a candidate is a true super-star and you should pay over the published range, why not? The goal of this law, and

Sure, if you can talk your boss/executive that a candidate is a true super-star and you should pay over the published range, why not? The goal of this law, and others like it, is fixing the bottom end of the range to prevent low ball offers from employers that know women and minorities (and others) frequently undervalue themselves.