Washington State Signs a Salary History Ban

Washington State Signs a Salary History Ban, with A Twist

Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday, May 9, 2019, Washington State Governor Inslee signed the “Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act,” which ...

US: Washington State Enacts Salary History Ban - Mercer.com

Washington joins several other states (including Oregon and California) and some US cities in prohibiting employers from asking about an applicant's wage or ...

Washington State Implements Salary History Ban

The EPOA prohibits Washington employers from inquiring about an applicant's salary history and requires that employers with more than 15 ...

RCW 49.58.100: Employer seeking wage and salary history of ...

(b) Require that an applicant's prior wage or salary history meet certain criteria, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. ... (b) After the ...

Washington State Enacts Salary History Ban - Duane Morris

The salary history ban is one of two new laws that will have a broad impact on the way that Washington employers hire and onboard new employees.

Equal Pay & Opportunities Act

Employers cannot seek the wage or salary history of an applicant. An employer may confirm an applicant's salary after the employer negotiates and makes an offer ...

Washington State Legislature Passes Ban on Salary History Inquiries

The state legislature recently passed HB 1696, which would, among other things, prohibit employers from inquiring into the prior “wage or salary ...

Washington Implements a Salary History Ban and Restrictions to ...

On May 9, 2019, Governor Inslee signed into law HB 1696, or the Equal Pay and Opportunities Act, which makes Washington the ninth state to ban ...

A running list of states and localities that have outlawed pay history ...

California's ban prohibits private and public employers from seeking a candidate's pay history. Even if an employer already has that information ...

Washington Salary History Ban - Compensation Works

Washington state has implemented a salary history ban. In early May, Washington state signed the Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act.

Washington Amends its Equal Pay Law to Enact Salary History Ban ...

Washington is the third state on the Pacific Coast to pass legislation prohibiting employer inquiries into applicant salary history, following ...

Salary History Bans and the Washington State EPOA

Effective on July 28, 2019, employers in Washington State are prohibited from collecting or seeking the wage or salary history of an applicant ...

Washington's Salary History Ban and New Wage Disclosure ...

The salary history ban under HB 1969 covers all Washington employers, irrespective of size, but the requirement to disclose salary information ...

Washington State Signs A Salary History Ban, With A Twist

Yesterday, May 9, 2019, Washington State Governor Inslee signed the "Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act," which bans employers from ...

Prior Salary Inquiries by Employers Prohibited in Washington State

Under the new EPOA, an employer cannot seek wage or salary history from any applicant, including both external applicants and current or former ...

Washington State Poised to Enact Salary History Ban, Require Pay ...

Additionally, the Bill mandates that, upon an applicant's request, an employer with 15 or more employees must provide the applicant with certain ...

States with Salary History Bans: Employer's Guide - Paycor

Employers can't screen applicants based on past salary and they can't ask about compensation history. They can verify salary after extending an ...

Washington State Legislature Passes Ban on Salary History Inquiries

Washington is poised to become the ninth state to pass a law that would prohibit employers from asking job applicants about their salary ...

Washington Enacts Salary History Ban - Landerholm, P.S.

Washington recently amended its Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA) to generally prohibit employers from inquiring about a job ...

Equal Pay Laws and Pay Transparency | Emery Reddy

You can voluntarily share your wage or salary history with prospective employers if you choose, but, again, they cannot ask you for the information. Washington ...