When it comes to pay equity, the Biden Administration is making progress in its mission to become a model employer. Monday’s announcement, which is as concrete as executive orders get, arrives 15 ...

If you've been job hunting lately or are about to seek new employment, you will most likely have to address your salary history or salary requirements. When employers ask for your salary history, they ...

The Biden administration wants to do away with salary history in the federal hiring process as the government works to become a model employer. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management proposed a set ...

Monday’s announcement marks a follow-up to two prior executive orders from President Joe Biden on the subject of pay equity. For example, Biden’s 2021 executive order directing the federal government ...

Black workers often earn less than their white peers, but salary history bans are closing the gap. Here are 6 more things employers can do for pay equity. Of all the questions a hiring manager may ask ...

How much did you make in your previous job? This dreaded interview question can sound like a trap. Your answer could be used to set your salary below someone else who is doing the same job. And, ...

At least 19 states (including Washington, D.C.) have issued bans that restrict in some way an employer's ability to inquire or rely on pay history during the interview process. The bans range from ...

Banning employers from using salary history against prospective employees substantially closes wage gaps, increasing pay for women by eight percent and Black people by 13 percent, a new study by ...

On September 29, 2019, the salary history ban went into effect in Illinois (where I’m based), officially prohibiting employers from inquiring into a job applicant’s salary history. Illinois joins a ...

A federal employee association aimed at ensuring gender equity at the Justice Department on Thursday called on the Office of Personnel Management to implement regulations to block agencies’ use of job ...