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Even if your argument is sound, as an employer, it is in your rational self-interest to oppose this regulation for all the _other_ unfair advantages it gives you. Thus your argument is already suspect because apparently, you're at a minimum non-committal about the unfair parts and want to hold on to this presumably more fair advantage, as well. However, even the case you mention is unfair too. You're basically preser…
Which other unfair advantages? Another way to look at this is that the employee is selling the employer a service. When you buy something from a shop do you expect to name your price, or do you expect see a price label? In that case the seller almost always names their price first. Do you like going into shops where their are no prices listed?
If you're unaware of how this issue negatively affects salaries for women and other minorities, I respectfully suggest you do a little more research on this topic. Here's a quick google hit, but there are many, many more resources: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220929-the-us-push-fo...
> Another way to look at this is that the employee is selling the employer a service.
Which would be a pretty ideological/libertarian way to present it. This isn't an auction; it's how people eat and put a roof over their head, and they have no choice but to play.