This is bad for the free market and freedom of speech. I hope it gets challenged on First Amendment grounds.
What does this have to do with freedom of speech?
New York City bans employers from asking potential workers about past salary
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#22Seems like an ethics test. Will you tell the truth about your previous low salary or lie to make sure you don't get lowballed? Then for the employer, will you decrease the salary to match previous low rates or wages? Or will you pay him/her the market rate regardless? Personally, I have always been asked how much I made at previous places. I prefer to give a range than specify individually.
> I prefer to give a range than specify individually.
FWIW, this is likely almost as bad for you in the negotiation as giving the number. You will simply always get offers towards the bottom of your range. It is better to refuse to answer, and just say you're looking for a market rate salary for this role.
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#24I'll have to find some way to bring it up myself. A higher than usual salary history is a good tangible signal to future employers and I'm not going to give it up.
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#25Good. Not enough people realize the best way to answer this question is with a straight-up lie.
The problem is, recruiters/hiring managers will sometimes call your former employer to verify your actual salary.
If your former employer releases salary information without your consent, sue them into the ground.
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#27Good. Not enough people realize the best way to answer this question is with a straight-up lie.
Careful!!
There's quite a few ways to verify past salary. Specially some employers report employment information to private databases and your potential employer runs a "employment report," like banks run a credit report, as part of a mandatory background check. To see if you lied.
Of course, they can't do that without your permission but agreeing to a background check is a condition of employment.
The database i am thinking of is, IIRC, owned by Lexis Nexis and they claim to have employment data for the majority of Fortune 500 companies.
EDIT: The database I am thinking of is called The Work Number and is owned by Equifax.
http://www.businessinsider.com/salary-information-not-privat...
>One woman interviewed by CNBC had a Work Number report that was a whopping 22 pages long, complete with a copy of all of her paychecks over the years.
They claim to have employment information for over 1/3rd of American adults.
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#29This is bad for the free market and freedom of speech. I hope it gets challenged on First Amendment grounds.
How is this bad for "freedom of speech"? Please elaborate on this ludicrous claim.
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#30Good. Not enough people realize the best way to answer this question is with a straight-up lie.
Careful!! There's quite a few ways to verify past salary. Specially some employers report employment information to private databases and your potential employer runs a "employment report," like banks run a credit report, as part of a mandatory background check. To see if you lied. Of course, they can't do that without your permission but agreeing to a background check is a condition of employment. The database i am…
It's a risk I'm willing to take for the potential upside.