On Tuesday, a law strengthening the state’s pay transparency rules was enacted by California legislators.
Bill SB 1162 has provisions requiring several employers to give salary ranges in job postings, inform employees of salary scales for their current positions, and submit pay data reports.
According to reports, jobs with 15 or more employees must provide a pay scale in any job posting and keep track of all staff members’ job titles and historical compensation rates.
The bill also requires employers who use a third party to promote job listings to give them the pay scale so they can publish it.
The pay scale for the position the employee is currently employed in must be made available to the employee upon request from the employer. A “pay data report” must also be submitted annually, in May, by all employers in the state with more than 100 employees. Within each employment category, the reports must include the “median and mean hourly wage for each combination of race, ethnicity, and sex.”
California governor, Gavin Newson, has until September 30 to sign or veto the bill.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Newsom has not publicly made his stance on the bill known.
