re: Employers in California are no longer allowed to ask about your salary history

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I don’t think I have ever been asked what I made before, just my salary expectations, which should really tell you all you need to know

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Same here.

What they ask for is either a modest raise, or they hate their current job/current commute.

The last variable. You already interviewed them and know their qualifications, shitty pay at former job shouldn’t count against them.

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A person's past salaries are variables that can help determine the quality of a candidate.

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Not necessarily... Some companies have no clue what to pay for various roles, so they windup over/under paying. Which, if the case, could screw the candidate. If they were underpaid, and they’re asking for current market value, then the company might think they are asking for too big of a bump. If they were overpaid, then the candidate could be out of the running right off the bat because their previous salary was too high.

Therefore, the only numbers that matter are what the company can pay, and what that candidate needs to make sense for them.

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If you are a business owner, you should know what your competitor is doing, even in terms of paying their employees.

Plus with Glassdoor and Indeed these days, information is easier to obtain for medium to larger size companies

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So, what's the problem? If you can find this information out easily, this isn't really a big deal. It basically protects an employee who may have been underpaid. It doesn't hurt anyone except employers trying to get an employee on the cheap.

I'm not really sure the law is necessary either though.

In the finance and banking world, this bill is pointless. Salaries are pretty strongly segmented by business unit and title at virtually all institutions. I basically know everyone’s salary and they know mine.

I’m a Director in Leveraged Finance. I know what the VPs below me make and what the Managing Directors above me make. And gender makes zero difference.

I gotta think lots of industries are similar.

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The last variable. You already interviewed them and know their qualifications, shitty pay at former job shouldn’t count against them.

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Of course, it's not the only variable.

Good. What you made before should have no impact on your current negotiations.

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The loons in this state won't be happy until every single business gets the frick outta here.

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Puleeeeeez. Negotiations are what they are. Why should a business owner be protected from overpaying a shitty worker who fell through the interviewing process?

Ignore the sex part of this chart and look at the race.

I find data like this to be pretty fascinating. There are lots of variables, but Asian men/women are the only race that really grows and eventually outpaces white men/women as education increases. I know the gender pay gap is pretty easily explained, but I wonder how those explanations hold up in the race gaps.