Pending legislation: Massachusetts HD.2814

[jacebryan]

Massachusetts has filed a bill (HD.2814) which would require:

• Employers with 15 or more workers would be required to share estimated salary ranges on job postings and advertisements
• Employers would also need to disclose pay ranges when offering promotions or transfers to new positions.

Once this bill is passed I would like to have MA included in this work.

SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 105D the following section:- 

Section 105E. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: 

“covered employer” shall mean any employer, public or private, that employs 15 or more employees in Massachusetts. 

“pay range” shall mean the annual salary range or hourly wage range or other compensation that the employer reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for such position at that time. 

(b) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall disclose the pay range for a particular employment position within the advertising or posting of the position. 

(c) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall provide the pay range for a particular employment position to an employee offered a promotion or a transfer to a new position. 

(d) A covered employer, or agent of said employer, shall provide the pay range for a particular employment position to an employee holding such position, or to an applicant for such position, upon request. 

(e) It shall be an unlawful practice for any employer to discharge or in any other manner retaliate or discriminate against any employee or applicant because such employee or applicant has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this section, or has made any complaint to his employer, the attorney general, or any other person, or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under or related to this section, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding. 

(f) The Attorney General shall enforce this section and may obtain injunctive or declaratory relief for this purpose. Any covered employer who violates this section, including failure to disclose a good-faith pay range, shall be punished by a warning for the first offense and not more than $500 for the second offense. For a third or subsequent offense, violation of this section shall be subject to section 27C(b)(1) and (2) of chapter 149. No violation of this section shall be construed to carry treble damages in chapter 149 section 150. 

(g) The Attorney General shall conduct a public awareness outreach campaign, which shall include, but not be limited to, making information available on its website and otherwise informing employers of the provisions of this section.

[davidmreed]

Love it. There's also an approved bill in New York State that takes effect in September.

[davidmreed]

Appears to be superseded by #31