Daily fines, a 15-employee threshold, and rules that follow remote workers into the state
Pennsylvania lawmakers want employers to spell out health, life and retirement benefits in every job ad - or risk daily fines.
A bill working its way through the state House would add new benefit-disclosure rules to Pennsylvania's 1959 Equal Pay Law. House Bill 2700 was introduced on July 14, 2026, by Reps. Kristine Howard, Melissa Shusterman and Carol Hill-Evans, and was referred to the House Labor and Industry Committee the following day.
The change would land squarely on HR desks. Any covered employer - one with 15 or more workers - would have to include a written benefits disclosure in every job listing. That means laying out each medical, dental or vision benefit on offer: the premium and how the cost splits between employer and employee, deductibles, copays and out-of-pocket maximums, the plan or provider name, and any waiting period. Employers would also have to describe life insurance and retirement or deferred compensation benefits, or state plainly where a benefit is not offered.
Salary sits at a different point in the process. The job listing itself would not need a wage figure. Instead, when an employer makes an offer, it would have to give the candidate a written disclosure stating the annual salary or hourly wage, whether the role is exempt or nonexempt from overtime, and a copy of the federal summary plan description for each benefit plan the person could join.
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