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A Connecticut law aimed at eliminating gender-based pay discrimination took effect Oct. 1. Here’s what employers need to know about their new legal obligations.

Connecticut employers must be prepared to disclose wage ranges for vacant positions to applicants and employees, as the state’s new law aimed at eliminating gender-based pay...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Big changes are coming to Connecticut employers and with it, many organizational hiring practices with the passage of HB Number 6380. HB Number 6380 limits the disclosure of wage information from past positions. Currently, Connecticut employers are prohibited from asking (or directing a third party to ask) about an applicant’s wage and salary history. Employers can, however, ask about other elements of an applicant’s compensation structure, so long as they don’t ask for a value of those components. Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 31-...

159 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economic recovery in the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS) The labor market is red-hot right now. We have an overheated economy and it is presenting itself in many places, including the labor market. Lots of jobs are chasing a few employees and the result is that employees have lots of leverage in negotiating terms of employment. I think that is great and I also think that it is important for employees to assert the leverage they have, because right now is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redefine...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Connecticut has enacted legislation that will require employers to provide applicants and employees with wage ranges for positions. The new law also broadens the...