Salary History Bans: The New Pay Equity Frontier

This HR compliance webinar will discuss salary history laws and the steps employers should take to remain compliant during hiring process. Attendees will learn prohibitions mentioned under Salary Ban Laws and how to avoid discrimination in pay equity.

Why Should You Attend:

It’s the job interview question candidates love to dodge: What’s your current, or most recent, salary? A low figure could limit a candidate’s starting pay. A high number might make the candidate too expensive. Now, several states and cities are banning the question as part of efforts to ensure pay equity for women and minorities, but some companies say the new laws represent yet another intrusion into their businesses.

It is often customary for employers to ask for salary history and use that information to set wages in a new position. But when we take a closer look, how is prior pay related to a worker’s ability to perform a new job? Shouldn’t employees be compensated for what their skills are worth to the new company and not be based on a different job from their past?

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• What do salary history laws prohibit?
• Ways in which salary history inquiries impact pay equity
• What employers can and cannot ask related to prior salary
• Using market data to guide your compensation offers
• Pricing the job, not the person
• Practical tips on how to comply with the salary history laws
• Best practices for communicating pay with future employees to increase offer acceptance rate

Who Will Benefit:

• Senior Leadership
• Human Resources Directors, Managers & Representatives
• Operations Professionals
• Compliance Professionals
• Recruiting Professionals
• Managers & Supervisors
• Employees