California employers would need to provide specific salary ranges when advertising jobs, rather than wide estimates, under legislation filed in the state Senate.
The bill (SB 642) would update the state’s pay transparency law, which in 2023 required employers to include pay ranges in job postings.
While the law and similar state measures have made pay ranges more commonplace in job listings, some employers have responded by posting broad ranges with top rates several times above the salary floor.
The new legislation, authored by state Sen. Monique Limón (D), would bar the top and bottom salaries for an ...