On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in Rizo v. Yovino regarding the use of salary history information to determine wages, finding that, because Judge Stephen Reinhardt was deceased and...more
2/27/2019
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States and localities increasingly banning salary history inquiries -
The latest development in the law surrounding use of employee and applicant salary history data provides further reason for employers to reconsider the...more
4/13/2018
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Employers who ask applicants about their salary history should be wary of a significant increase in state and local legislation barring this question. Over the past year, numerous states and localities have enacted such laws...more
9/1/2017
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