A New York City salary transparency law that takes effect next month will likely spark a nationwide surge of worker demands for pay raises, experts told The Post.
Starting Nov. 1, employers hiring in New York City will be required to include the minimum and maximum pay in every job listing — from $15-an-hour dishwashing gigs to seven-figure tech and finance jobs.
The law is intended to help job seekers avoid applying for jobs that pay too little and to help narrow gender and racial pay gaps — but its biggest effect will be causing many “tricky” conversations between bosses and current employees, according to Eli Freedberg, a partner at employment law firm Littler Mendelson.
“When a current employee sees a new salary posted and they’re at the low end of the range, that’s going to raise some uncomfortable questions,” Freedberg told The Post. “This is going to have a tangible result in inflating wages of current employees.”
While the law only applies to the five boroughs, experts say it will impact the whole country because employers want to be open to hiring remote workers who live in the city. That means all jobs that could conceivably be performed in New York City will soon include salary ranges.
Colorado, Nevada and Connecticut also passed salary range laws in 2021 — and states including California and Washington are set to implement similar measures in the coming months, further raising the...
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