Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory

Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by WalterBright on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:41AM (#50389338)

How is that going to work if you interview Bob for X task at Y pay, but discover Bob would be much better suited for A task that is worth more salary? What if Bob didn't meet the requirements for X, but would be a perfect fit for B task that is not worth as much salary?

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by skew-aberration on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:45AM (#50389354)

Presumably the law will be written to account for advertised role != assigned role, but it can't account for gaming the system by never hiring exactly the advertised position.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by WalterBright on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:52AM (#50389394)

Sounds like a recipe for a lot of time and money wasted in court.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by jimbob45 on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:30AM (#50389652)

Ideally they reapply if it’s a lesser role and the pay is lower than the previously posted minimum.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by ahoef on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:45AM (#50389356)

Nothing says you can't negotiate, does it?

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by WalterBright on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:48AM (#50389374)

The law seems to be about preventing negotiating.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by notarobot123 on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:29AM (#50389641)

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by specialdragon on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:47AM (#50389364)

I suspect that kind of bait and switch will become the norm.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by WalterBright on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:52AM (#50389400)

You can always walk away if you don't like the company's offer.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by ElProlactin on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:03AM (#50389470)

If companies engage in behavior intended to deceive, they are wasting people's time, which has an economic cost >$0.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by fpoling on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:47AM (#50389371)

The requirement is to publish either minimal salary or salary range for the position from the advertisement. If company has several positions available then specific minimal salaries should be given for each.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by WalterBright on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:51AM (#50389388)

Sometimes companies create a specific position for an interviewee after getting to know the candidate. For example, a candidate might have an unexpected unusual skill.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by aspect0545 on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:58AM (#50389439)

And nothing stops them from doing that

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by WalterBright on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:01AM (#50389463)

And then the candidate sues claiming bait and switch.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by kakacik on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:08AM (#50389495)

And in any normal court they will lose since its a different position and they agreed (paper trail) for that switch. Or they could be just let go if company is too careful. Not that such situation happens often in real world, I never even heard about even one.

If they would sue it would also burn their professional creds permanently, nobody sane would ever want to hire such a problematic person.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by pjc50 on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:25AM (#50390107)

The candidate isn't going to complain if you give them _more_.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by ChrisRR on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:50AM (#50391724)

Why would you sue for that? There's no contract in place

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by pixelatedindex on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:02AM (#50389465)

What does that have to do with providing a salary range for a particular job posting? That specific position created should also have a range - publish that. Normally you have to interview other candidates for this position too.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by WalterBright on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:12AM (#50389537)

That would be making it difficult to adapt the job to fit the person.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by troupo on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:19AM (#50389574)

So, you want the 1 in 10 000 hyperspecific job posting to affect the rules for the rest?

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by pixelatedindex on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:29AM (#50389644)

Unless you’re some VP/Director/Distinguished Eng/C-level etc, this doesn’t happen in practice. Those jobs don’t follow normal job posting rules anyway, they’re usually sought out.

99.99% of the time, I doubt the job is ever adapted for the person. They come in with that skillset and are usually expected to grow and meet the needs of the other job areas.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by AngryData on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:48PM (#50398963)

Nothing is stopping them from paying more than they advertised or hiring them for another position.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by voidUpdate on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:07AM (#50389492)

Then you tell Bob about how he would be much better suited for job A or B, explain how the pay is less, and if he's cool with it, directly put his CV into the pile for that job. If he's not cool with it, shake his hand and wish him a good day

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by WalterBright on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:13AM (#50389542)

What if there was no job posting with a defined salary for A or B?

Sounds like lose-lose.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by voidUpdate on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:46AM (#50389766)

If you're not hiring for that job, why are you telling Bob that he'd be really well suited there?

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by WalterBright on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:18AM (#50389568)

The replies are all about workarounds for the law.

So what is the point of the law, if there are all these workarounds?

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by postexitus on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:43AM (#50390695)

Cancel the job posting - advertise again for A task, Bob already passed some of the stages, maybe see a few more candidates for A task and boom you are in business.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by ChrisRR on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:48AM (#50391714)

Well then they'd be interviewing for a different job. I assume it's no different at any other company where they actually do include the salary range

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