Editing Equal pay for equal work (section)

==== 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>