Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
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Re: Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
#2They don’t need to ask. Equifax is already tracking that for employers. :-/
Re: Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
#3Effective January 1, 2018. Just in case anybody is job hunting right now.
Re: Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
#4Good step. Should also remove background checks, credit checks, and drug tests.
Re: Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
#5Good step. Should also remove background checks, credit checks, and drug tests.
Why?
My father-in-law was just embezzled by his accountant. It's mostly been spent, so he will get pennies in the dollar back. (I'm not well versed in legal matters...I had no idea crime could be so profitable, even after you get caught.)
It sucks that he got screwed over, but it'll suck more if the next guy has the same experience.
There must be some kinds of questions employers can be permitted to ask to help this?
Re: Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
#6Good step. Should also remove background checks, credit checks, and drug tests.
Why? My father-in-law was just embezzled by his accountant. It's mostly been spent, so he will get pennies in the dollar back. (I'm not well versed in legal matters...I had no idea crime could be so profitable, even after you get caught.) It sucks that he got screwed over, but it'll suck more if the next guy has the same experience. There must be some kinds of questions employers can be permitted to ask to help this?
Isn't that more of a customer/vendor relationship? Do accountants lose their CPA for stuff like that?
Re: Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
#7Good step. Should also remove background checks, credit checks, and drug tests.
Why? My father-in-law was just embezzled by his accountant. It's mostly been spent, so he will get pennies in the dollar back. (I'm not well versed in legal matters...I had no idea crime could be so profitable, even after you get caught.) It sucks that he got screwed over, but it'll suck more if the next guy has the same experience. There must be some kinds of questions employers can be permitted to ask to help this?
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Re: Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
#8Looks like this is the fourth state to make this move, so we should have data by now on how well this actually works. Have the numbers shown up anywhere?
It appears that the "intuitive" ways of reducing wage disparity sometimes have counter-intuitive real-world outcomes. And making the difference you want to make sometimes requires a lot more research and study than just the "there should be a law..." sort of armchair economics.
Re: Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
#9Good step. Should also remove background checks, credit checks, and drug tests.
Why? My father-in-law was just embezzled by his accountant. It's mostly been spent, so he will get pennies in the dollar back. (I'm not well versed in legal matters...I had no idea crime could be so profitable, even after you get caught.) It sucks that he got screwed over, but it'll suck more if the next guy has the same experience. There must be some kinds of questions employers can be permitted to ask to help this?
A background check would have done nothing to warn him. If he ends up in court over it, it will be public record, and that's all you need.
Re: Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB168: bans employers from asking about salary history
#10"The law also requires employers to provide applicants, upon request, with a salary range for the jobs they seek."
Now that's going to create one hell of a mess. Someone didn't think that through.