Smart Benefits: MA Pay History Ban Will Change Local Recruitment
Monday, April 30, 2018
The law is intended to close the wage gap between male and female workers by broadening the definition of comparable work and prohibiting employers from paying different wages to different genders for comparable work, unless justified based on one of six factors, including a seniority or merit system.
It also imposes another new restriction: employers will no longer be able to ask job applicants about their salary or salary history. To comply, be sure to review your employment applications and pre-employment inquiry forms to ensure they no longer ask about salary history. And train anyone involved in the interview process about questions to avoid. For example, even though questions about salary expectations may be okay, they can’t be designed to get information about an applicant’s salary history.
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