The Employer’s Wage and Hour Advisor

Posting a job without a pay scale in California?  Think again. 

California is the latest state poised to enact a pay transparency law that impacts not only information provided in job postings but also information provided to candidates upon request.  The existing pay transparency law prohibited employers from relying on salary history when making employment decisions (including compensation decisions) and required employers to provide applicants who completed an interview the pay scale (which is defined as “the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position”) upon request. Under the new law, employers must provide all applicants that pay scale upon a reasonable request, regardless of whether they have been interviewed or not.