Businesses advertising job openings in Washington, D.C., will have to include a pay range and will be barred from asking job applicants their prior salary history, under legislation Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law Friday.
The measure (B25-0194) largely mirrors the job posting pay transparency laws that have spread to California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, and Washington state. Similar bills came close to passing in the Maine and Massachusetts legislatures in 2023. READ MORE