Starting today, job offers in New York City must by law offer greater transparency and announce the approximate minimum and maximum wages.
The measure was implemented to address the salary gaps of gender by providing more transparency and avoiding that if a woman is chosen for the job she is paid less salary than if a man had been hired. The law was originally supposed to go into effect in May, but was delayed to give businesses more time to comply with the rules.
New York City’s new law applies to Employers with four or more workers where at least one person works in New York City. That equates to about a third of employers, but about 90% of NYC workers, according to statistics from the state Department of Labor. New York (NYDOL). This implies approximately 4 million working-age adults benefited.
The law says that any job advertisement, from an online ad to an internal one at a company, must state the minimum and maximum wage the employer “believes in good faith” they will pay. There is no limit on how wide the range can be, and no prohibition on deviating from it if you change the plan in “good faith.”
The law covers job advertisements asking for full-time or part-time employees interns, domestic workers, independent contractors, or any other category of workers protected by the New York City Human Rights Law.
Covers remote workers in New York, but not companies that hire outside the city, highlighted CNBC. The salary must be detailed for any position that can or will be performed in its entirety or in part in New York City, either from an office, in the field, or remotely from the employee’s home.
That means the law applies to out-of-town businesses that want to post ads for remote work that could be done from anywhere in the US But an employer based in New York City, you will not have to comply with the law if you advertise a job that will be filled specifically outside of NYC.
Seven states in the country have begun requiring employers to disclose salary information to job seekers under some circumstances, said Fox News.