It’s Time for a Federal Ban on Salary History Questions

The State of Massachusetts gets a big thumbs up from me for just becoming the first state to prohibit employers from asking potential hires about their wage, salary, or benefits history as a question during the interview process (at least until after they first make a job offer that includes compensation). The driving force behind the legislation was to help eliminate the gender wage gap. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women are still paid just 83 cents for every dollar that men are, per weekly median income. Median pay is different than equal pay for equal work, but research...

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