Job Ad Salary Range Bills Spark Lawsuit Fears From Businesses

April 3, 2023, 9:30 AM UTC

A growing wave of state legislation seeking to force businesses to disclose salary ranges in job ads has expanded into Illinois, New Jersey, and more states this year, as business groups find mixed success in minimizing the risk of private civil lawsuits against employers that fail to comply.

The measures now advancing in several Democratic-majority legislatures are similar to laws that recently took effect in California, New York City, and Washington state, after Colorado first implemented the job-ad mandate in 2021. A statewide New York law also is set to take effect in September.

Given these laws’ growth in major ...

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