New law bans California employers from asking applicants their prior salary

Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by icelancer on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:18PM (#15503222)

Living below my means doesn't mean I live like my neighbors. My house is roughly the same as everyone around me. The contents of the house are not (and they are private), and yet I still live well below my means. I have a semi-nice TV, and more importantly, expensive computers like pretty much everyone on HN to do my job.

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by vilmosi on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:47PM (#15503505)

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by tylersmith on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:54PM (#15503568)

Their entire point is that publicizing their salary eliminates that privacy by telling people their income. It's a proxy measurement. Even if all they have in the house is a can of beans, publicly making more than their neighbors puts a target on them.

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by cisanti on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:26PM (#15503805)

Because robbers tend to rob wealthy people? You get looted or shot more likely, because the robbers don't know this guy lives a humble life. They think this guy must have cash and big TV.

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by icelancer on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:33PM (#15503848)

If my (relatively high) salary is published, they'll be able to make inferences - crucially, it doesn't matter if they are correct or not.

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