Countdown Starts for NYC Businesses to Post Pay Ranges for Jobs

New York City started the countdown for the business community to tear away the veil that can obscure pay practices when Mayor Eric Adams signed a controversial new law that will require salary ranges to be posted for every new job ad. It’s the first big US city to do so.

The measure signed on Thursday, initially passed under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, survived an aggressive push by business leaders to delay its implementation and limit the scope of jobs and number of businesses that would have to comply.

“As New York City goes, so goes the nation,” said City Council Member Justin Brannan of ...