New law bans California employers from asking applicants their prior salary

Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by cortesoft on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:57PM (#15503007)

It isn't just an information problem, it is a leverage problem. Suppose a company has 100 employees; if an employee leaves, they are down 1/100 of their productivity while they find a replacement. If an employee if fired, they are down somewhere between 50% and 100% of their income, depending on family status.

A single job is simply more vital to an employee than it is to a company, so the company has the leverage.

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by ryandrake on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:25PM (#15503294)

Also, when an employee leaves a company, there's usually a line of 100 others out the door who would love to have the job. The reverse isn't as often true--that there's a line of 100 employers fighting to pick up that employee.

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by ianai on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:15PM (#15503195)

Yet another reason I don’t think this will make a dent into anything.

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