On Wednesday, the New York City Council\u00a0approved legislation that\u00a0bans employers in the city from asking prospective employees about their salary history.<\/p>\n
The bill, sponsored by Public Advocate Letitia James and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, will prohibit both\u00a0public and private sector hiring managers from using previous salary history to determine a new salary offer. Banning the question is about more than simply saving job seekers the hassle of having to skirt the issue. It\u2019s also about moving the entire city\u2019s population toward equal pay and fair wages.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust one underpaid position can set an individual on a course of underpayment lasting their entire professional life,\u201d City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito told the council, according to AM New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bill\u2019s only caveat, AM New York reported, is that it does not apply to\u00a0internal\u00a0candidates and also\u00a0excludes public employees, whose salaries are determined by collective bargaining agreements.<\/p>\n
James additionally told the council:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nNew York City isn\u2019t the first (and hopefully not the last) city to pass such a measure; Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, and Philadelphia have all already\u00a0banned the question from interviews. More than 20 other cities have similar measures up for a vote, according to\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The New York bill\u00a0could have far-reaching effects for hiring managers across the country, according to Fatima Goss Graves, president-elect of the National Women’s Law Center. She told The\u00a0Washington Post<\/em> the measure “stands to transform the way that companies operate around the country. So many companies operate in multiple jurisdictions. If a company changes its practices in New York, it is likely to also make changes around the country.”<\/p>\n
If\u00a0Rep. Eleanor Holmes\u00a0Norton, D-D.C.,\u00a0moves forward with her plan to reintroduce\u00a0a\u00a0bill\u00a0she first sponsored in 2016, it could ban the question nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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