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New York State is the latest jurisdiction to implement a pay disclosure law that requires employers to list salary ranges for open roles. It is among the 10 states, five cities and at least one county that have enacted such laws.

Under New York State law, employers with four or more employees are now requiredto disclose in any job listing the minimum and maximum salary or wage range the employer expects to pay the person hired for the position.

In addition to jobs performed in New York State, the new law also applies to any job that could be performed out of state but for which an employee reports to a “supervisor, office or other worksite in New York,” according to the law firm Fisher Phillips, which runs a pay equity practice.

It should be noted, too, that three localities within the state — New York City, Ithaca and Westchester County — have their own pay disclosure rules already in effect and the new ones from the state will not supersede or preempt them.

Navigating a patchwork of rules across the US

Compliance for employers can be complex because each state and city law has its own particulars.

“We’re seeing a patchwork [of different pay disclosure requirements], which makes it hard for multistate employers to navigate,” said Monica Snyder Perl, a partner at Fisher Phillips.

They vary, for example, in how high employee headcount has to be before a company is subject to the disclosure rules.

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