New Sweeping Equal Pay Law Bans Employers From Asking For Salary Histories

By Kimberley Johnson on employers, equal pay, federal law, salary history, salary negotiation Equal Pay, Equal Rights, Equal Rights Amendment, Women's Issues

Massachusetts’ new equal pay law unanimously passed the state legislature, and Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has signed it into law. Massachusetts has not only become the first state to ban employers from asking potential employees about their salary histories, the state also bans salary secrecy between employees and mandates that employers pay men and women the same  – […]