The Key to Getting Paid What You Deserve – It’s Not What You Think

Last month, Massachusetts made history by making it illegal for employers to ask job applicants for their salary history. And soon, a bill will be introduced by Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Jerold Nadler (D-NY) to prohibit employers from asking job applicants for their salary history before making a job or salary offer. This is great news for job seekers, and it helps to make great strides in pay equality.

Now, since the Massachusetts law doesn’t go into effect until 2018 and the bill is sitting on Capitol Hill (cue the School House Rock song), that means employers are still going to be asking for your salary history in the near future.

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