New York City bans employers from asking potential workers about past salary

Re:New York City bans employers from asking potential worker... by OJFord on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:28PM (#14062287)

> Most employers don't ask

In the UK, they don't need to.

> It's great that NYC is taking the lead on this, and I really hope the rest of the US follows suit.

There's a lot of positive remarks in this thread, that I don't really understand. I see the advantage if your current salary is unusually low, but it cuts both ways: without knowledge of the company, (and within an industry) salary contains more information than job title.

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Re:New York City bans employers from asking potential worker... by foota on Friday April 07, 2017 @02:34PM (#14062329)

I think part of the idea is that you still have the option to use your current salary as part of negotiation. If they make you a low offer just come back with "I make X right now, you need to at least match that".

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Re:New York City bans employers from asking potential worker... by switch007 on Friday April 07, 2017 @04:52PM (#14063415)

> In the UK, they don't need to.

Yeah they just phone your reference and ask. Sigh.

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Re:New York City bans employers from asking potential worker... by andy_boot on Friday April 07, 2017 @06:58PM (#14064093)

and the reference will tell them to get stuffed. Leaking salary details of employees to a competitor will get you fired.

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