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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by Lev1a on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:07PM (#15503660)
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.
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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by maxxxxx on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:13PM (#15503705)
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.
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