At least eight states are currently considering legislative proposals that would require employers to disclose pay ranges, restrict employers from inquiring about prior salary history, or strengthen existing equal pay laws.
If HB 6273 is enacted, Connecticut would become the latest of a number of states and cities that require employers to disclose the pay range for a position.
Seven months before New York State's pay transparency law is scheduled to take effect, the state legislature has passed a bill amending the law to clarify how it applies to remote roles.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill that will require employers in New York State to list pay ranges in job postings beginning in September 2023.
The California legislature has passed a bill that would add the state to the growing list of jurisdictions that require pay ranges to be included in job postings and modify the state's pay data reporting requirements for large employers.
A study examining the EEOC's first-time collection of compensation data concluded that collecting pay data is an important tool for the agency to target its enforcement and investigation efforts and advance pay equity.
A member of the US women's soccer bargaining team spoke of this first-of-its-kind collective bargaining agreement "setting a new value for women in the workforce."