Good Counsel: How We Talk About Pay Is Changing. Don’t Fight It

My mom used to tell me to never tell anyone at work about how much I was being paid. Times have changed.

There’s a marked shift toward pay transparency on the job, as evidenced by a series of state and local laws passed in the last several years. The trend is colliding with the rise of remote work and employee mobility, creating a tangled web for employers.

New York City’s broad pay transparency law that goes into effect in November, for example, requires that job advertisements include a specific anticipated salary range. The law covers all employers with four or ...