Sacramento Bee: Taking aim at the persistent gender pay gap in California, legislators are pursuing a law that would prohibit employers from seeking the salary history of job applicants.
Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman, D-Stockton, said women have traditionally been undervalued in the workplace, and that bias can be perpetuated when their salaries are based on what they previously earned.
“Every woman negotiating a salary shouldn’t have to wrestle with an entire history of wage disparity,” Eggman said Monday. “This bill gives women the power to determine for themselves where they start negotiating.”
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