Editing Equal pay for equal work (section)

===United States===
A number of jurisdictions in the United States have enacted laws which require employers to furnish salary ranges per role on job advertisements.

==== Colorado ====
In 2019, [[Colorado]]'s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act was passed and signed into law, effective January 21, 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Desai |first=Saahil |date=2021-07-28 |title=Companies Want Remote Workers in All States but 1 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/07/remote-jobs-colorado-equal-pay/619581/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Bruner |first=Raisa |date=May 23, 2022 |title=How Pay Transparency Laws Impact Business—and Workers |url=https://time.com/6179485/pay-transparency-law/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref> During its first year, as the only US state with such a law, [[Software engineering|software engineer]] Aaron Batilos noticed that the rising need for [[remote work]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] was overwhelmingly excluding the state of Colorado. He started a website, ''coloradoexcluded.com'', which found hundreds of  companies, including [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], [[Airbnb]], [[Spotify]], and [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]], were excluding Colorado from hiring to avoid posting salary ranges.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubino |first=Joe |date=2021-06-26 |title=Colorado remote workers need not apply: Companies avoid state due to salary-posting law |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/26/colorado-remote-work-job-postings-salary-range/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Chitkara |first1=Hirsh |last2=Brody |first2=Ben |date=2022-04-04 |title=Washington state is quietly making tech workers' dreams come true |url=https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/policy/washington-tech-salary-legislation |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Protocol |language=en}}</ref> In July 2022, the [[Colorado Department of Labor and Employment]] (CDLE) warning companies with a presence in Colorado that they were required to comply or face fines of $10,000 per violation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coloradans no longer excluded from job listings after Department of Labor cracks down |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/coloradans-excluded-job-listings-department-labor/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Following CDLE's warning, the number of companies attempting to circumvent the law was drastically reduced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chuang |first=Tamara |date=2022-07-05 |title=Only 3 employers have been fined for violating Colorado's new wage transparency law. But there's still plenty of confusion. |url=http://coloradosun.com/2022/07/05/equal-wage-work-transparency-law-regulations/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=The Colorado Sun |language=en-US}}</ref> 

==== New York ====
In December 2020, [[New York City Fire Department|New York City]] passed Int. 1208-2018, which was signed into law in January 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cutter |first=Chip |date=2022-01-28 |title=You'll Soon Get to See Pay on NYC Job Postings |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/goldman-google-and-just-about-every-nyc-employer-will-soon-have-to-disclose-pay-secrets-11643365982 |access-date=2022-10-09 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NYC to Require Employers to Disclose Salary Ranges |url=https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/nyc-to-require-employers-to-disclose-4896846/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=JD Supra |language=en}}</ref> The law was originally set to take effect on May 15, 2022, but was later delayed until November 1, 2022, after pushback from businesses resulted in amendments which limited the requirement to jobs which are physically located within the city limits.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Punching In: New York Businesses Brace for Pay Transparency Rules |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/punching-in-new-york-businesses-brace-for-pay-transparency-rules-28 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en}}</ref> A state-wide bill, Senate Bill (SB) S9427, was passed June 3, 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Developments in Pay Transparency |url=https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/developments-in-pay-transparency-1917523/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=JD Supra |language=en}}</ref> but as of September 2022, Governor [[Kathy Hochul]] had not yet signed the bill into law.<ref name=":3" />

==== Washington ====
During 2021–2022, software engineer [[Cher Scarlett]] lobbied for an amendment to Washington's Equal Pay and Opportunities Act of 2019, which previously only required employers to disclose salary ranges upon request and prohibited the practice of requesting a candidate's salary history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MRSC - HB 1696: Updating Washington's Equal Pay and Opportunities Act |url=https://mrsc.org/Home/Stay-Informed/MRSC-Insight/August-2019/HB-1696-Updating-Washington-s-EPOA.aspx |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=mrsc.org}}</ref> SB 5761 expanded the salary range requirement to all Washington job postings, and was signed into law on March 30, 2022, effective January 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-06 |title=All job postings in Washington will likely soon include salary information |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/all-job-postings-in-washington-will-likely-soon-include-salary-information/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Scarlett called on the states of New York and California to enact similar laws to end the exclusion of Colorado workers from job postings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levitsky |first=Allison |date=2022-04-01 |title=Hiring in Washington state? You'll have to post a salary range. |url=https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/washington-salary-range-law |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Protocol |language=en}}</ref>

==== California ====
In February 2022, Senator [[Monique Limón]] introduced SB 1162.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peck |first=Emily |date=2022-02-17 |title=Pay transparency law could see movement in California |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/02/17/california-pay-transparency |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref> It was passed on August 30, 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=California Legislature Passes Pay Transparency Law |url=https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/california-legislature-passes-pay-1209327/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=JD Supra |language=en}}</ref> and signed into law September 27, 2022, effective January 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levitsky |first=Allison |date=2022-09-27 |title=Newsom just signed California pay transparency bill SB 1162 |url=https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/newsom-pay-transparency |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Protocol |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, under the 2022 amendment, employers with 100 or more employees must also submit an annual pay data report to the [[California Department of Fair Employment and Housing]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Growing Pay Transparency Trend and How Employers Should Prepare |url=https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-growing-pay-transparency-trend-and-3887767/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=JD Supra |language=en}}</ref>