Youngkin Vetoes Virginia Democrats’ Job Ad Pay Transparency Bill

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed legislation to require salary transparency in job postings and to grant unemployment benefits to workers locked out in labor disputes, rejecting a first batch of the Democratic-majority legislature’s labor and employment proposals for 2024.

The pay transparency bill (SB 370) would have required employers to include a salary range in job ads and banned them from asking job applicants to disclose their prior salary history, imitating similar job ad requirements enacted in six states plus New York City and Washington, D.C. over the last three years.

The measures are aimed at shrinking ...