In a groundbreaking effort to close the wage gap between men and women, Massachusetts has become the first state to bar employers from asking about applicants’ salaries before offering them a job. The new law will require hiring managers to state a compensation figure upfront — based on what an applicant’s worth is to the company, rather than on what he or she made in a previous position. The bipartisan legislation is being pushed as a model for other states, as the issue of men historically out-earning women who do the same job has leapt onto the national political scene. Nationally, there have been repeated efforts to strengthen equal pay laws — which are already on the books but tend to lack teeth — but none have succeeded so far. Massachusetts joins at least 12 other states that already require companies to let employees compare notes about how much they are paid.
Illegal in Massachusetts: Asking Your Salary in a Job Interview
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