A new law that goes into effect next year could shake up salary structures at companies across California, empowering workers and calling out businesses that unfairly pay lower salaries to women or workers of color.
Starting Jan. 1, Senate Bill 1162 requires employers to list salary ranges for all job postings, and to provide that information to existing workers upon request — allowing employees to get a better sense of what their peers are earning, and how their own wages compare.
Similar laws are growing in popularity across the country, and have passed in places, including New York City, Colorado and Connecticut. Here’s what the new law means to California