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On April 22, 2026, Virginia enacted House Bill (HB) 636 and Senate Bill (SB) 215, companion bills that expand pay transparency requirements and limit how employers may seek and use applicants’ compensation information.
Under the new law, employers are prohibited from seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee or relying on…
Equal Pay Day, observed this year on March 26, highlights how far into the current year the average woman must work to earn what the average man earned in the prior year. While the date may shift from year to year, the conversation it prompts does not.
For employers, Equal Pay Day is less about…
Massachusetts employers with 100 or more employees should prepare now for the next round of state pay reporting, as the deadline is quickly approaching. This year, the reports are due by February 2, 2026, as the normal February 1 deadline falls on a weekend and is extended to the next business day.
Massachusetts’ “An Act…
On December 4, 2025, the New York City Council voted to override Mayor Eric Adams’ veto, enacting new local laws that significantly expand pay transparency obligations for private employers.
Under the new law, employers with at least 200 employees must report pay data, including demographic and occupational information, on an annual basis following a…
As a reminder, starting October 29, 2025, Massachusetts employers with 25 or more employees must comply with the Commonwealth’s new pay transparency and disclosure requirements. The Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency directs covered employers to include pay ranges in all job postings and provide this information to applicants and employees upon request.
The pay…
Beginning October 27, 2025, Cleveland employers with 15 or more employees will need to comply with the city’s new pay transparency and compensation history requirements. Ordinance No. 104-2025 prohibits covered employers from asking applicants about their salary history, including benefits, and bars employers from using compensation history to screen candidates or make hiring decisions.
On September 26, 2025, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signed House Substitute No. 2 to House Bill 105, adding Delaware to the growing list of states with pay transparency obligations for employers.
Beginning in 2027, employers will be required to include the pay range and a general description of benefits and other compensation in all…
Washington State has taken a significant step for employers under its pay transparency law by giving employers a five-business-day grace period to correct violations in job postings and limiting the damages plaintiffs can win, among other changes to the law. The requirement that Washington employers post wage and salary information, and information about benefits and…
Starting October 27, 2025, employers in Cleveland will need to adjust their hiring practices to align with the city’s newly enacted pay transparency and compensation history law. On April 30, 2025, Cleveland passed legislation mandating that employers disclose salary ranges and scales in job advertisements. Additionally, the law prohibits employers from inquiring about an applicant’s…
Last July, Massachusetts joined a growing number of states mandating that employers provide pay transparency to employees. The Massachusetts pay transparency law also includes a wage data reporting component that requires covered employers to submit EEO-1 reports to the Commonwealth on an annual basis. As the Feb. 3, 2025, deadline to file EEO-1 reports nears…
