Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ...
by maxxxxx on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:36PM
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Salaries in US Congress are also public and it's not a big deal. A lot of people don't like the idea of public salaries but I am pretty sure it would be to the benefit of the employee.
Salary negotiation as an accountant should be pretty since you know exactly how much people make.
Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ...
by Lev1a on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:07PM
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The main reason for public salaries for gov employees/law makers/etc. is that they are payed through taxes, employees of other companies (unless they do contract work for gov most of the time) are not.
Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ...
by maxxxxx on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:13PM
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Probably. My point was that a) it's not a big deal, nobody really cares and b) that public salaries are great for employees who want to negotiate. Confidential salaries are mainly a tool for employers to keep employees in the dark.
On the whole you may be right about making salaries public. Norway's made tax return public [1] across the board and the sky hasn't fallen in. Though to be fair in the Norwegian model you find out who has been looking at your salary info.
The counter-argument is that a system like that could allow criminals to target their victims more easily. Kidnappers could steal an SSN or other identifier to scope out victims (without a trail leading back to themselves). I also saw a scary article on HN a week ago about the guardianship industry in FL and how it targets seniors with assets to drain.
1. https://www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2016/apr/11/when-it-c...