New law bans California employers from asking applicants their prior salary

Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by icebraining on Thursday October 19, 2017 @01:51AM (#15505735)

I'm curious, how does the 1st Amendment play into this?

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by jakeogh on Thursday October 19, 2017 @10:19PM (#15513121)

Are employers not people?

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by icebraining on Friday October 20, 2017 @03:30AM (#15514100)

My question was more "how does not being allowed to use Equifax violate the First Amendment".

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by Karunamon on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:16AM (#15515138)

Probably because the first only protects your right to speak, not to read. Querying a database isn’t expression.

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