The salary transparency movement is well underway: In 2021, Colorado paved the way for new laws requiring businesses to list salary ranges on job ads, and New York City rolled out its own pay range law in November 2022. A handful of other states and cities say employers must share the salary range for a job during the hiring process.
Looking ahead, three additional states will adopt their own disclosure laws in the new year, and bills are in the works with various state and city legislatures across the country.
Here’s what to know about new changes coming in 2023:
California: According to California’s amended labor code, employers with 15 or more workers will be required to list salary ranges on job postings on a company’s hiring page or third-party website like Glassdoor, LinkedIn or other job board. Business must also provide the pay scale to an employee for the job they currently hold, upon request.
The move makes California the largest state where job listings will require salary information by law. It’s home to 19 million workers, and nearly 200,000 employers will have to comply, including some of the most influential companies in the world like Apple, Disney, Google and Meta.
Washington: Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act states that employers with 15 or more employees must share the pay range for a job on any digital or printed ad on the company’s hiring board or listed on a third-party site. The...
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