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Governor Brown Signs AB 2282 Clarifying California’s Fair Pay Act

On July 18, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2282.  This new law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2019, clarifies employees’ rights, and employers’ obligations, under the state’s existing “Fair Pay Act.” Under California’s existing Fair Pay Act, California employers were (and still are) prohibited from…

Are New Laws Banning Employers From Asking About Salary History Backfiring?

As I blogged about here and here, California and San Francisco recently enacted new laws prohibiting employers from asking applicants about their prior “salary history.”  California currently joins Delaware and New York City as the only other jurisdictions that currently prohibit all employers from asking about salary history…